Mining

A renovated hotel is bringing new life to a nearly-abandoned mining town in Colorado.

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

Features unique photographic collections by women of the American West and historical attractions such as a two-story outhouse.

This magnificent arch is all that remains of a former smelt mill.

To commemorate a century of gold mining, this Australian city built a monument that features a replica of a 150-pound gold nugget found there in 1858.

The site of a tragic mining disaster in 1882.

Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49

A long and winding trail through history led to the current iteration of this mountaintop tower.

Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.

Built as a schoolhouse in 1914, this Mission-style building has also served as a dancehall, a library, an Army canteen, and now a cultural museum.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

On the outskirts of an opal-mining town, these baths fed by a massive underground aquifer are a natural spa.

An abandoned company town and cement factory outside of Bogotá, now haunted by ghosts and scofflaws.

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

A striking statue commemorates the men who worked underground in Kingshill and Allanton.