After the gilded metal was discovered on the southwest side of the Ortiz Mountains in the late 1820s, Golden was a place of fevered searching as equipment churned and prominent companies poured money ...

Photos from a notable New Mexico photographer are being digitized by the New Mexico History Museum (NMHM). You can now browse ...

Ghost towns of New Mexico ...

The Independent visited three immigrant neighborhoods across the U.S. — Michelle Del Rey in Virginia, Josh Marcus in ...

Once a thriving town, St. Thomas, Nevada was submerged under Lake Mead in the 1930s—only to reemerge decades later. Today, ...

This latest Caprock Chronicles by Paul Carlson looks at the 131-year-old Hotel Eklund and Saloon in Clayton, New Mexico.

The once-bustling streets of New York’s Jackson Heights have grown ... turning thriving communities into ghost towns. The Independent visited three immigrant neighborhoods across the U.S ...