Through the centuries, this passion gave rise to the enduring tale of a city of gold ... The Spaniards started calling this golden chief El Dorado, "the gilded one." The ceremony of the gilded ...

Our obsession with gold spans many eras and nationalities. Our lust for this shiny metal gave rise to the myth of El Dorado, a lost city of gold waiting to be discovered by adventurous conquerors.

The building’s residents were just as stunned as the rest of the city. Some even got a little poetic when I asked them about the surreal episode. “All mankind aspires to fly,” said a 40-year resident ...