Two women were moving rocks on a beach along the Yellowstone River the other day. “Did you lose something?” I asked. “No,” they replied. They were looking for agates. You may have seen agates in gift ...

EAST GULL LAKE, Minn. -- With the summer sun overhead, Sharon Smith will relax on an air mattress and float on the lake just inches above the bottom -- for her quarry is near the shore. Sometimes it ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — On a cold, blustery day in April, Bel and I headed to the North Shore to meet up with a rock star named Taylor, or as he’s known on social media, “Agate Dad.” Taylor is famous in ...

A driveway with a trailer full of agates. Recycling bins full of agates. A license plate that reads “MRAGATE.” Agates when you walk through the front door. And an agate that just came in the mail. For ...

JhonDuane Goes In Center reached into his pocket and pulled out two dimes and a handful of Fairburn agates. A silversmith for 30 years, Goes In Center turns the South Dakota agates into jewelry ...