It was more of a gold-rush town, and even if the odds were a million to one, you had the dream then that you could strike gold.

Along the way, participants will be able to study local wildlife, examine the unique Siberian architecture and visit Cossack villages and gold-rush towns.

Sofala has been reported to be the oldest surviving gold-rush town in Australia.

From the 19th-century gold-rush town of Charters Towers, the route veers back to the coast.

While the days of gold-rush towns may have ended in North America, they are alive in Peru.

Deadwood presented enormous possibilities because it was the last gold-rush town, one defined by its utter lawlessness.

As one bounces along the pothole-pocked roads here, Zhongshan seems the very picture of a swaggering gold-rush town.

So while Budapest feels like a gold-rush town, Warsaw remains sleepy.

"It's like selling shovels in a gold-rush town," said Mark Mougine, a partner in the venture.

Election Day in this gold-rush town in the Rocky Mountains seemed like a journey to another era.