Mining

This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.

At this rural museum, visitors can experience "Boomtown U.S.A.," a lifelike re-creation of an oil boomtown in the 1930s.

An old mining site that is slowly being reclaimed by nature.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

A local museum remembers one of the worst acts of anti-Chinese violence in American history.

Once owned by the largest employer in Colorado, these ovens have been abandoned for over a century.

This colossal underground passage paved the way for large-scale drainage and access tunnels across the U.S., but it almost wasn’t built.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

Decorated with a staggering 1,380 ladybugs, the installation has turned what was once a grim, forgotten nickel mine into a landmark and a statement.

Over 140 boathouses built by miners from the Soudan Iron Mine in the early 20th century overlook Stuntz Bay on Lake Vermilion.

A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.

This former ghost town high in the mountains of northern Mexico is now a pilgrimage site.

This open-air reconstruction of an Old West town, a cross between a theme park and a museum, provides an immersive historical experience.

A monument to an Irish secret society thought to be responsible for a string of violent attacks in Pennsylvania coal mines.

This once-thriving coastal area is now a preserved ghost town.