Mining

Learn the incredible story of how an unassuming spa town was transformed into one of the world’s largest uranium mining sites.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.

The crumbling structure is a rare surviving relic of the area's bygone mining industry.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

The English graveyard of Mineral del Monte, a magical little piece of Cornwall in Mexico.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The ruins of an unfinished explosives factory can be found while taking a gentle stroll through a Manx glen.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.

In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.

An ancient impact crater on the outskirts of Pretoria.