All across Nevada, you’ll find empty towns from the mining days. These ghost towns tell stories of quick riches and sudden losses in the American West’s golden age. Their glory days may be over, but ...

Shutterstock The Most Violent Mining Towns in the Old West The Silver State’s ghost towns weren’t all peaceful mining camps that simply dried up when the ore ran out. In fact, some of the West’s most ...

this hillside city in Nevada is an absolute must-visit for those who love the Wild West or a good ghost story. After the largest discovery of silver in American history was made in Virginia City ...

Did you know that Florida is full of ghost towns? Some websites list more than ... He opened a steam-powered sawmill and lumber yard along the western banks of the Withlacoochee River, employing ...

President Donald Trump’s Interior Department has the power to make this vision a reality. By finalizing the proposed Amargosa ...

From the Ruby Mountains to downtown Las Vegas, this is the Nevada Division of Tourism’s list of Top 10 “Out There” ...

Rep. Amodei’s bill jeopardizes our ability to further protect our priceless natural and sacred landscapes and cultural ...

The initial Truckee-led effort quickly established donation drop-off locations throughout the town, and surrounding communities, including Kings Beach, Tahoe City, western Nevada County ...

The area is known for the vast views of the Sierra Nevada to the west and the Virginia Range to the east ... The area also serves as a base for off-roading, exploring gold towns and gold prospecting.

But instead of its frontier being a vast untapped new world like the American West in the 19th century, it is a frontier of the dark threats, challenges, and bright promises of the 21st century.

More than 150 years after the gold rush first began, some Americans are still digging for riches all over California.