Gold Rush


Buildings of the Royal Hotel, the most renowned in the town
Pilgrim's Rest, South Africa

Pilgrimage to the Mining Legacy of the Old Transvaal

The region north of the Vaal River has been home to two major gold rushes. The second began in 1870, but it was not until the XNUMXth century that the introduction of electricity and industrial machinery generated substantial wealth. Enough to establish a mint, a bank, dozens of other businesses and the homes of the South African national monument Pilgrim's Rest.
Goiás Velho, Legacy of the Gold Fever, Brazil
Goiás Velho, Brazil

A Gold Rush Legacy

Two centuries after the heyday of prospecting, lost in time and in the vastness of the Central Plateau, Goiás esteems its admirable colonial architecture, the surprising wealth that remains to be discovered there.
white pass yukon train, Skagway, Gold Route, Alaska, USA
Skagway, Alaska

A Klondike's Gold Fever Variant

The last great American gold rush is long over. These days, hundreds of cruise ships each summer pour thousands of well-heeled visitors into the shop-lined streets of Skagway.