The streets of Nanjing, China, may not be paved wi...  ...streets of Nanjing, China, may not be paved with gold , but here's the next best thing: a bus covered wi...  ...the next best thing: a bus covered with 24-karat gold leaf.The distinctive " Golden Bus", which beg...

Street sweeping isn't a glamorous job anywhere, bu...  ...hmadabad, which is famous for its jewelry, it's a golden job of sorts: Gohel isn't a street cleaner. She'...  ...gh the streets in India aren't exactly paved with gold , a few in Ahmadabad are at least flecked with it....  ...ed with it.Motivating her ar...

They do things differently in Abu Dhabi. The Chris...  ...at the Emirates Palace Hotel is decked with real gold and precious gems. The hotel's general manager,...  ...13-meter) faux fir has 131 ornaments that include gold and precious stones such as diamonds and sapphire...

Of all of the elements on the periodic table, why...  ...ll of the elements on the periodic table, why did gold become the standard of economic value for so much...  ...ing point so that it could be shaped into coins. Gold is the element that best matches these criteria:...  ...again, could things go a different...

A business operating from the Burj Al Arab lux...  ...hotel in Dubai offers temporary tattoos made from gold : Starting at AED200 for a small gold tattoo and AED400 for an equivalent platinum one,...  ...om Japan, the tattoos are created from 99 percent gold or platinum foil...

We've brought you some weird vending machines...  ...his takes the cake! When you feel the need to buy gold , but don't want to drive all the way to the bank...  ...bank or to your broker, just use this handy dandy gold vending machine, from a business called GOLD To Go. The fi...

Three years ago, Alex blogged about the largest gold coin in the world. This one million dollar Canad...  ...n in the world. This one million dollar Canadian gold coin weighs 220 lb and is worth about four times...  ...e. And now it's up for sale: The 100-kilogram Gold Map...

(YouTube Link -- video preceded by commercial)...  ...n a luxurious hotel in Abu Dubai dispenses little gold bars and coins to customers. It's updated every...  ...minutes to stay current with prices on the world gold market: The exterior of the machine is coated...  ...ior of the machine is coated with a th...

Everybody loves a good treasure hunt, right? Well...  ...here on Clarke’s Island. Rumor has it that the gold has to dug up by three people, in complete silenc...

Seattle artist Jack Daws made eleven pennies by ca...  ...made eleven pennies by casting them from 18 karat gold and plating them with copper. One of those pennie...  ...later, a graphic designer from Brooklyn noticed a golden gleam on a penny she was given as change. She put...  ...-head dime, she remembered th...