The thrill of a treasure hunt is close to San Antonio, and it's finders keepers. There are ranches two hours away from the city that offer a different kind of hunting. Mason County is known for ...

Do you dig topaz? You can find it even without digging in the area around Mason in the Hill Country. That’s the only place in Texas where topaz occurs. Nuggets of it are often found in creek beds and ...

Bluebonnets will blanket the countryside around Mason, icluding the meadows on the Lindsay Ranch, a topaz-hunting ground just four miles from the center of town. The historic Seaquist mansion is one ...