28 Sep Ghost Ships of Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe has always inspired people to look across its brilliant blue surface. But some of its most intriguing stories lie beneath it....
28 Sep Drawn to the Ring
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 35-year-old former world heavyweight boxing champion to an unidentified buddy in the Biggest Little City in...
28 Sep Mountains and Memories
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 he’s certainly not thinking about breaking any world records. ...
28 Sep Wheels for the Journey
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 can often be found right out the back door, without ever having to drive anywhere. But for people living in urban areas...
27 Jun The Long Return
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 its land base in one historic swoop. The 10,274-acre WélmeltiɁ Preserve, located about 37 miles north of Truckee,...
27 Jun Following His Calling
It is perhaps too obvious to assert that great photographers capture meaning inside their photographs. It is less obvious, I think, to suggest that the best ones capture meaning outside their photographs, too—their life a lens in permanent focus, an open shutter forever swallowing light....
27 Jun Forest Fungi Fever
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 in April 2026, Hoang has just found a large cluster of wild morel mushrooms in the forest...
29 Apr A Ruby in the Rugged West
In 1845, Lansford Hastings published The Emigrant’s Guide to Oregon and California, the lengthy subtitle of which promised “a description of the different routes to those countries and all necessary information relative to the equipment, supplies, and the method of traveling.” Hastings, a lawyer and...
28 Feb ENTER TO WIN TQ’S BEST OF TAHOE PHOTO CONTEST
Welcome to Tahoe Quarterly’s 2026 Best of Tahoe Photo Contest, which is accepting entries through March 18. ...
29 Nov Ribbons to the Rim
Long before pavement, survey crews or switchbacks, Tahoe’s first roads were simply trails—modest, efficient paths etched by the region’s indigenous peoples. These footways wound from the sagebrush valleys to the mountain lake and back again, with a few narrow tracks tracing the shoreline for gathering...