What starts as a fun Kentucky rockhounding trip quickly turns into a series of absurd crystal reveals. Broken geodes are already scattered everywhere, but the real payoff comes when they start ...

Crack open an unassuming stone, and you might just uncover a little conclave of crystals within. Their walls are glittering with quartz, amethyst, or calcite, protected by a hard shell that was shaped ...

By the time the first geode hunters arrived in Keokuk, local hotels, restaurants and businesses were already feeling the ...

Iowa’s state rock is all over the state’s southeast corner, but to find one you need to know someone. “There’s tons of geodes over here, but nobody has opened it up to the public,” said Kirk ...

Things to Do If your idea of shopping involves cracking open a geode to see what’s inside or digging through rocks to find a ...