Tucked away in the Cuyamaca Mountains just an hour east of San Diego lies Julian, a gold-rush era town that feels like California’s best-kept secret. This mountain hamlet trades coastal palms for pine ...

Dubbed "California's Oldest Little City" and "The New York of the Pacific," this Gold Rush city has a historic Chinatown, ...

Almost 100 years ago, Charlie Chaplin released one of his most iconic works, The Gold Rush. But unless you saw the movie ...

This charming California town offers a perfect blend of Gold Rush history, modern adventures, and outdoor thrills just ...

Tracey Panek: When I come to work in the morning, I literally am walking over the remains of a Gold Rush-era ship. Katherine Monahan: Yeah, we’re standing on top of it right now. In fact, much of San ...

However, 170 years ago, in 1848, the journey was very different. Travelling from Hong Kong, on the southern edge of China, to the city on America’s west coast meant boarding a ship for a ...

175 years after it sank, 'Ship of Gold' treasures begin tour of US before going up for auction. Amanda Lee Myers. Updated Wed, ... "This was the California Gold Rush time ...

In 1849, the David and Sophia Binkleman family from Germany heard about California’s Gold Rush. They made a bold and life-changing decision to sell their property and immigrate to the goldfields of ...

A lone twenty-dollar coin from this company is known. It’s at the Philadelphia Mint, and it was struck from copper, not gold, deepening the mystery. The most complete history of the Cincinnati Mining ...

A ship carrying more than $1.5 million in gold sank off the North Carolina coast 167 years ago. The SS Central America also had 500 people on board when it went down Sept. 12, 1857.