The beaches at Grand Marais are excellent hunting grounds for the ancient Lake Superior agate, a semi-precious stone made up of concentric circles of microcrystaline quartz reddened by iron. Here’s ...

No one makes eye contact. They're too intent on the ground, searching for one of Central Minnesota's oldest buried treasures: Lake Superior agates. Butch Goldenstein figures he's found hundreds of ...

What’s more peaceful than walking down the beach and looking for that perfect rock? For one woman in the Upper Peninsula’s village of Grand Marais, those rocks have a very special meaning, especially ...

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) - A Wright County man is asking those who collect and sell rocks to be on the lookout after his unique collection of Lake Superior Agates worth tens of thousands of dollars ...

Thanks to fire and ice, treasures abound. This summer, agate collectors are on the hunt in eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin, searching for rocks that can fetch as much as thousands of dollars ...

Harley Alcala says he found the mother lode of Lake Superior agates right in Lake Superior. Alcala was kayaking near his home in Hovland on the North Shore when he spotted the basketball-size rock ...

The annual agate and mineral show this weekend is adding star power to its lineup this year with an exhibit of some of the best known Lake Superior agates in the world. The Cuyuna Agate & Mineral Show ...

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Among the many pastimes popular in Minnesota is agate hunting -- scanning the shores of Lake Superior for the official state gemstone. Relatively easy to find in the summer when ...

It takes a trained and disciplined eye to find some of nature's hidden treasures. After more than 50 years' experience, mine is pretty good at finding morel mushrooms, which have a knack for ...

In 1969, the Minnesota Legislature declared the Lake Superior agate to be the state's official gemstone. Moose Lake has dubbed itself the "agate capital of the world" and Agate Days are celebrated ...

Selling the red, orange and yellow chunks of banded rock known as Lake Superior agate requires more than just owning a collection of the beautiful semi-precious gemstones. You also need to figure out ...

WRIGHT COUNTY, Minn. (KMSP) - A Wright County man is asking those who collect and sell rocks to be on the lookout after his unique collection of Lake Superior Agates worth tens of thousands of dollars ...