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I went to the historic Madonna inn and stayed in the Sky Room, which was randomly assigned to me. H…

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While all were united by the belief that they could change their fortunes with an ounce of gold (ap…

A gold rush town under that lake has re-emerged for the first time since 1955 after one of the drie…

The revision seems to have been predicted in a report from geoscientist J. David Hughes, best known…

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What a find!!! No it wasn't me.... It was found at a depth of a little over 60 cm (2 ft) with a mod…