Lake Tahoe has always inspired people to look across its brilliant blue surface. But some of its most intriguing stories lie beneath it....

In a letter sent to a friend, Jack Dempsey wrote that he was definitely not coming to Reno for a divorce. Dated April 10, 1931, the note came from ...

The man who skied 106.8 miles per hour down the steep slopes of Portillo, Chile, in 1963 is still skiing today, though the slopes aren’t steep and h...

On a long Tahoe summer evening when the sun refuses to go to bed, three families sit down at one of the long communal tables in the oversized, yet sti...

We’ve all heard the popular refrain: “It’s about the journey, not the destination.” For folks living in the Lake Tahoe region, that journey ca...

The barometer by which a steakhouse is judged isn’t necessarily in the variety of the menu, the pleasantness of the wait staff or the flourishes of ...

The literary arts are flourishing at Lake Tahoe. Literary festivals, crawls, open mics, writing workshops and author events abound like never before, ...

Savoring wine with family and friends is among life’s wonderful pleasures—the storytelling, the laughter, the lasting memories created. Yet for so...

After more than a century of fighting to claw back its ancestral grounds one small chunk at a time, the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California tripled ...

It is perhaps too obvious to assert that great photographers capture meaning inside their photographs. It is less obvious, I think, to suggest that th...

You would have thought $100 bills were sprouting up from the dirt and pine needles. The joy in An Hoang’s smile is palpable. On a sunny, cool day...

If you haven’t seen or heard of Gaviota yet, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Like everything else about Incline Village’s hidden-in-plain-sight...

Far from shore on a windy afternoon, Janelle Hibler was paddling toward Speedboat Beach after a fun visit to the Hyatt when a large wave slammed into ...

Around Lake Tahoe, high-end homes have long been inspired by the landscape. But as the West grows hotter and drier and the risks of wildfire rise, hom...

A Truckee resident for the past 13 years, Priya Hutner has done her part to enrich the area’s literary and culinary communities. In addition to crea...

An easy day trip from Lake Tahoe, the Sierra Foothills holds its own as one of the most diverse and historic wine regions in California. And yet, this...

The impact came out of nowhere. One moment, I was sitting at a stoplight after a dawn patrol splitboard mission up Jakes Peak, still buzzing from the ...

After falling in love with Donner Lake, a Bay Area resident set out to build a home that reflected the beauty and charm of the location while also cre...

In 1845, Lansford Hastings published The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California, the lengthy subtitle of which promised “a description of the d...

It’s a gorgeous day in March, and Ralph Backstrom, co-owner of Pacific Crest Coffee in Truckee, has the roll-up door next to his coffee roaster wide...

The connective tissue between the bars that made up the narrative during North Lake Tahoe’s après-ski heyday and today is remarkable. ...

When a couple began looking for a summer home at Lake Tahoe, they fell in love with the tranquil setting of a Tahoma property. The 3,895-square-foot h...

James II of Scotland banned golf in 1457 because the game was distracting the men from their archery practice.  Almost 600 years on, no one claims...

Just off the main drag in Tahoe City, up the wide wooden staircase of the Boatworks Mall, sits one of the area’s most unlikely treasures. Most peopl...

Tahoe residents and visitors selected their favorite places around the lake to eat, drink, shop and play in TQ’s 2026 Best of Tahoe Readers’ Poll....

Touch it. Touch the art. Feel the texture of the paint. Is it soft? Is it crunchy? Does it make you feel uneasy? Good. Now take a step forward. Let th...

This home could have been a disaster. The beloved general contractor was diagnosed with ALS and had to leave the job midway through, passing a few ...

Ryan Marsden, president and principal architect at Marsden Architects, only recently began exploring Donner Memorial State Park....

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