This ghost town in eastern Oregon is a great place to explore and take in the Wallowa Mountains. It's also a great gateway to ...

Once a booming gold town with 2,500 residents, Picacho, California is now a remote ghost town partly reclaimed by the Colorado River. This video explores its hidden ruins and forgotten history.

At least one returning officer, perhaps having eaten from both sides of his mouth, eventually did the honourable thing -- and declared both candidates as winners!

Nevada City and Grass Valley, siblings in Gold Country near Sacramento, have been drawing more visitors than ever.

The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society in California.

Petaluma’s farm-to-table trend dates all the way back to the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800s. It’s still a culinary treasure with a historic downtown and easy access to the coast and wine ...

A fire in San Ramon Wednesday morning severely damaged the historic 19th-century Harlan House, also known as El Nido House, ...

The 381-acre Heart Rock Ranch In El Dorado County includes a spacious lodge, a guest cabin, an 800-bottle wine cave, and 12 ...

The Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California in 'Conestoga' wagons, broad wheeled vehicles with canvas ...

COLOMA, Calif. -- In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now ...

Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside the U.S ...