Abandoned buildings in Bannack ghost town, Montana - Sue Smith/Shutterstock As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies ...

Sepia-toned photo from 1936 of Klondike gold miners carrying supplies on trail in forest - Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Imagine you're a Gold Rush-era prospector landing in the American West after ...

One morning this past January, I set out in a rental car on the road to El Dorado—not the mythical city deep in the Amazon whose legendary riches lured legions of men to gruesome ends but the county ...

As the United States began expanding westward after the American Revolution, new settlements sprang up across the prairies of the frontier to cash in on the prosperity of industry. The railroad turned ...