THE GOLD MUSEUM (16 images)
Like the gold rush in California, Lapland, in northern Finland was populated by miners rushing there hoping to get rich with the gold that was discovered there in 1868. Today the Gold Museum honors those first settlers.
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The Small Town Outside the Museum
Inside the Restaurant
Entrance to the Gold Museum
A Typical Gold Miners' Town
As Showgirl and Gambler
A Building Made of Bottles
Monument to the Gold Panners
The Gold Museum
This Was a Work of Art, But It Looked Like a Garage Sale
That Heater by the Toilet Means It Must Get Very Cold There