Rockhounds will find agate, minerals and rocks from around the world all close at home. The show offers an opportunity to look at agates from across the globe or buy and trade stones. Vendors provide ...

The remains of the former Vitro Agate Marble Factory in Parkersburg are finally being torn down. Crews were out at the site ...

Childhood secrets are hiding in the dirt. Months after crops are harvested and fields stripped to bare brown, the slanted rays of morning or evening sunlight fire large circular patterns of crushed ...

Wading through a pile of marbles to find just the right one is a bit like gold mining. You never know what you might turn up.