alchemy Let's turn lead into gold, shall we? Devin Nealy

gold-plated food Have you ever wanted to spend $1000 to eat a wagyu steak coated in 24-karat gold? Now you can! Thom Dunn

wigs Men busted for smuggling gold under their toupées David Pescovitz

precious metals Here's a visualization of all the extracted gold in the world and which countries own it Mark Frauenfelder

gold The case for banning gold mining Mark Frauenfelder

assets Gold hits record high as tensions spread in U.S. Rob Beschizza

finders keepers Lost and found: $200,000 in gold bars David Pescovitz

no fool Meet a lone prospector who pans for gold and actually finds it David Pescovitz

coinage Surprise: making your own coins is a dangerous pain in the ass Séamus Bellamy

all that glitters is gold Couple's afternoon at the beach yields almost 5 grams of gold Andrea James

gold leaf Interesting 1959 documentary on the art of gold beating Andrea James

treasure FBI on the scene where legendary Civil War treasure of $54 million in gold may be buried David Pescovitz

the big maple leaf heist Berlin SWAT raids yield arrests in theft of manhole-sized gold coin Cory Doctorow

gold leaf Watch how incredibly delicate Japanese gold leaf is made and applied Andrea James

butt stuff RCMP: Former Canadian mint worker smuggled out $180K by hiding it up his butt Cory Doctorow

one percentin Want to urinate in a gold toilet? You're in luck at the Guggenheim Rob Beschizza

honesty Plumbers find gold brick while renovating bathroom Mark Frauenfelder

what's the worst that can happen? Whimsical treasure hunt turns into a grim search-and-rescue Cory Doctorow

vending machines Vending machine for gold bars David Pescovitz

gold GoldRush: gold sculptures of things we treat as precious, by artist Črtomir Just Xeni Jardin