Tag: parks department
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Diamond hunters swarm US park to unearth pricey precious gems — that visitors are allowed to keep
[ad_1] You can make a pretty penny at this park. This American public park is the only one in the world where visitors can mine and take home real diamonds from their original volcanic source. Crater of Diamonds State Park, located in Murfreesboro, Arkansas, has been visited by jewel hunters since 1972. Crater of Diamonds State…
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‘The Secret’ NYC treasure hunt was a bust — but gem seeker plans to dig again using book clues
[ad_1] He thinks Staten Island is treasure island. At 6 a.m. this past Saturday, David Hager, 58, and wife Michelle, 51, and two sons, Tyler and Ryan, 21 and 17, started digging in a small park in the forgotten borough. Hager, who lives in Colorado, believes he has correctly deciphered clues pinpointing buried booty on Staten Island from Byron Preiss’s…
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Iconic ‘Men in Black’ spaceship towers light up once again in Queens
[ad_1] After decades of decay, Queens’ long abandoned “Tent of Tomorrow” will now illuminate the sky nightly. Built for the 1964 World’s Fair and best known beyond New York for playing spaceships in 1997’s “Men in Black,” the towers are currently under renovation and have been freshly equipped with lights. Last Saturday, they were formally…