After the gilded metal was discovered on the southwest side of the Ortiz Mountains in the late 1820s, Golden was a place of fevered searching as equipment churned and prominent companies poured money ...

The Independent visited three immigrant neighborhoods across the U.S. — Michelle Del Rey in Virginia, Josh Marcus in ...

In the hills above California’s Half Moon Bay ... turning thriving communities into ghost towns. The streets of Chirilagua once boomed with the sounds of merengue and salsa.

In the scorching heart of California’s southeast lies the ghost town of Tumco, once a thriving mining settlement known as Hedges. This video explores its rusted artifacts, collapsed foundations, and ...

In the hills above California’s Half Moon Bay ... turning thriving communities into ghost towns. The Independent visited three immigrant neighborhoods across the U.S. to investigate the impact ...

Experts reveal former hotspots that have been overlooked, including a California lake that once had more visitors than ...