Once a booming gold town with 2,500 residents, Picacho, California is now a remote ghost town partly reclaimed by the Colorado River. This video explores its hidden ruins and forgotten history.

The discovery of gold in1848 unleashed the largest migration in United States history and drew people from a dozen countries to form a multi-ethnic society in California.

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

The 381-acre Heart Rock Ranch In El Dorado County includes a spacious lodge, a guest cabin, an 800-bottle wine cave, and 12 ...

In 1848, gold was discovered in California. Over the next decade, hundreds of thousands of prospectors surged into the state, ...

A fire in San Ramon Wednesday morning severely damaged the historic 19th-century Harlan House, also known as El Nido House, ...

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 ...

The Californian Gold Rush of 1849. Many of the 'Forty niners' crossed the United States from the east to the Gold fields of California in 'Conestoga' wagons, broad wheeled vehicles with canvas ...

COLOMA, Calif. -- In a tiny town where the California gold rush began, Black families are seeking restitution for land that was taken from their ancestors to make way for a state park now ...

Gold was found near Coloma in 1848 by James W. Marshall, a white carpenter, setting off the California gold rush that saw hundreds of thousands of people from across the nation and outside the U.S ...