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Minerals

Rising Sun Riverfront Levee in Southern Indiana.

Discover 11 Spectacular Spots in Indiana to View the 2024 Eclipse

With an official NASA broadcast location, a performance by Janelle Monáe, an authentic Swiss town and much more, the Hoosier State offers every kind of eclipse experience.

Sponsored by Visit Indiana

St Neot, England

Carnglaze Caverns

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.

Gruta de las Maravillas (Cave of Wonders)

An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.

Souris, Prince Edward Island

Singing Sands Beach

A walk along this white sand beach creates a symphony.

Jessieville, Arkansas

Coleman Mine

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

Sponsored by Arkansas Tourism

Bontoc, Philippines

Kaman-utek Blue Soil

Hues of distinctive blue to bluish-green color the slopes of these hills.

Goldfield, Nevada

Gemfield

One of the best places to dig—some say on the planet—for six different types of chalcedony.

Sponsored by Travel Nevada

Mount Ida, Arkansas

Avant Mining at Fisher Mountain

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

Verdi, California

Crystal Mine

A mine in the Sierra Nevada that produced nothing but barren quartz.

Millett, Nevada

Ophir

A difficult trail leads to interesting ruins in a remote canyon in the Toiyabe Range.

One of the 2.000 mummified ram heads found in the Temple of Ramses II, in the historical city of Abydos, Egypt.

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April White April 14, 2023

What happens when you press "the button."

Amherst, Massachusetts

The Rausch Mineral Gallery

A unique collection of more than 250 rocks and minerals located on a university campus.

View of the uphill side of the mill. Note the diagonal cross-braces installed by the Forest Service to stabilize the structure. The tramway comes in from the right.

Hamilton, Nevada

Belmont Mill

One of the best-preserved early 20th-century ore-processing mills in Nevada is maintained in a state of arrested decay.

Hibbing, Minnesota

Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine

Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

Silver Bay, Minnesota

Rocky Taconite

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

A 40-foot column supports the entrance to New Hampshire's Ruggles Mine, a beloved rockhounding site for decades.

Could This Be The End of a Historic New Hampshire Rockhound Paradise?

When Ruggles Mine went up for auction, mineral collectors feared it would never reopen to the public. After a last-minute reprieve, its future is still uncertain.

Sarah Durn July 1, 2022

Permanently Closed

Grafton, New Hampshire

Ruggles Mine

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

Old Post Office at Silver Peak.

Silver Peak, Nevada

Silver Peak

The precious-metals strikes dating back to the 1860s are now mostly inactive, but this area has become the United States' only domestic source of lithium.