Yukon, Canada’s wild and breathtaking northern territory, is a land of untamed wilderness, stunning landscapes, and rich ...

The California Gold Rush is well known and much studied but the Alaskan Gold Rush is far less talked about. In his new book The Floor of Heaven, bestselling author Howard Blum tells the story of the ...

The Yukon gold rush really began in early July of 1897, when a ship docked in Seattle, Washington. The local press had broadcast to the world that miners returning from Alaska were toting “bags of ...

Duncan McFadden of Cape Breton was one of the gold rush stampeders who didn’t make it back after getting to Alaska. This is ...

Paleontologists often gather truckloads of fossils from the mines, but mummies are special and rare. Photos from inside the gold mines and the lab offer a glimpse at the ancient past. Miners are ...

Part of a continuing weekly series on Alaska history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage or Alaska history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of ...

It took five years, but the Cadillac Hotel has finally shrugged off the rubble of the 6.8-magnitude Nisqually Quake, emerging as the new home of a museum commemorating Seattle's role as the gateway to ...

A Seattle national historic park unit that functions as a museum commemorating the Klondike Gold Rush could see its lease terminated by the Trump administration, advocates said Monday. The Klondike ...

The partial federal government shutdown has closed the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park unit and museum in Seattle’s Pioneer Square. “Thank you for contacting the Klondike Gold Rush ...