Gold Rush

Ghost hunters have fueled up at this diner for more than a century.

Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.

A lonely cemetery holds the history of a gold mining town turned ghost town.

Direct access to a gold mine showing the boom and bust of Australia's Victorian gold rush.

Well-preserved ruins in the Pine Grove Hills of western Nevada.

A new monument to an old grave that was uncovered during the rebuilding of a California ghost town.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.

The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

A roadside replica of the largest single piece of gold ever found in Western Australia.

This small stone hut was once home to a gold prospector and his family.

This trench, some 2,300 feet long, is only the most prominent relic of a largely forgotten episode of placer mining on the east slope of the Sierra Nevada.

A 19th-century baker stands ready to serve customers.

This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.

This school was established during the height of the Australian Gold Rush.