The Gold Rush was an exciting time in American history. There is a small city in California where you can visit museums and ...

Long before California’s gold frenzy, the first American gold rush began in North Carolina in 1799 — triggered by a 12-year-old’s strange rock. This forgotten chapter reshaped the South.

Backed by California's film tax credit program, the Oscar-winning director's production will shoot extensively in Sacramento ...

Chinese Camp was once a bustling mining outpost for thousands of immigrants who worked the gold fields of the Southern Sierra. Then it was a historic landmark where tourists could revisit an ...

COLOMA, CA ‒ Ankle-deep in a stream, James W. Marshall bent over and grabbed a shiny object that caught his eye. He placed it on a rock and began striking it with another. The shiny material pounded ...