Agate hunting is a renown Humboldt County sport. Go to a beach any day of the week, any month of the year and you’ll see the hunters — people of all ages bent over like myopic crones or crawling on ...

The crystal collector goes agate hunting on Lake superior! The agates in this region will leave you speechless. The formation of these agates has drawn people for decades and decades to this area of ...

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 ...

I think I have always been enthralled with rocks, having the rock hammer my mother bought for me more than 60 years ago hanging on the "birdroom" wall of my backwater cabin. And, even though one would ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAUK RAPIDS — You never know what you'll find until you look. That's what Lyndon Johnson says about hunting for agates, a semi-precious gemstone which can have colors arranged in stripes or blended in ...

HOLDING TOWNSHIP, Minn. — Ed Opatz spotted the agate first. Look for it, he encouraged. It's got purple bands. Red bands. A perfect example. Four of us stood in a tight circle, but only Opatz saw the ...

Agates are rocks. More specifically, they’re a form of chalcedony typically semi-transparent to translucent. Size-wise, more often than not, agates range somewhere between a jelly bean and a ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at the Minnesota State Fair aims to get kids outdoors to enjoy all the state has to offer. On Monday, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Kevin Doran stopped ...