The California gold rush of 1849 had triggered America's earliest ... The fortunes of Deadwood's Chinatown grew along with the town. Locals soon took to calling the Black Hills "the richest ...

As gold rush dreamers flocked to Alaska, some settled in Fairbanks, but others found the area surrounding the confluence of the Tanana and Chena rivers more suitable. Thus, the simply named town ...

In a small town in Paraguay, a showdown is brewing between traditional producers of yerba mate, a bitter herbal tea popular across South America, and miners of a shinier treasure: gold. A rush for ...