A modern-day gold rush boom was on full display at Calico California Days, a kitschy celebration of early settlements held at ...

Picture a dusty town frozen in time, where wooden buildings creak in the desert wind and stories of silver miners echo through empty streets. Calico sits in the Mojave Desert, a place where history ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel reporter John Bartell visits abandoned mining camps, desert towns, and forgotten landmarks that once played key roles in ...