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

California trails the leading gold-producing state, Nevada, by a wide margin. ... Old mining towns still embrace their Gold Rush roots but have become havens for tourists and retirees.

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 ...

California Gold Rush Set for Revival By Adam Housley Fox News Published September 13, 2011 11:51am EDT | Updated November 20, 2015 1:26pm EST ...

News; Weird News; Ghost Town; Inside California's Gold Rush ghost town eerily untouched for almost 100 years The mining town of Bodie in the Sierra Nevada Mountains is kept in a state of 'arrested ...

Nearly 160 years ago, miners struck gold in Grass Valley, Calif., not far from where the California Gold Rush began a few years earlier. Booms and busts continued in mining towns nestled in the ...

California’s largest wildfire tore through Gold Rush-era towns, destroying businesses and historic buildings as blazes rage across the Western states. The Dixie Fire has engulfed the once ...

California’s gold rush towns are booming – 175 years on Fortune-seekers helped this picturesque corner of California flourish in the 19th century, now it lures wine lovers and hikers Save ...

The children shrieked with excitement as we threaded our way through Columbia State Historic Park, a mining camp from the days of the Gold Rush about a 2 ½-hour drive from Oakland. Suddenly a ...