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The Greenhouse Projects Grateful Harvest Dinner is right around the corner and event though tickets are sold out, the online auction is underway and open to the public with an array of fabulous offerings, from experience and getaway packages to art and fine wines.

Even people who know nothing at all about San Francisco know the singular beauty of the city’s Victorian architecture. But while the Painted Ladies of Alamo Square and the Full House house are lovely, they’re pretty small fries when it comes to the city’s most glorious historic mansions, all of whic...

The educated and articulate Grosh brothers were faced with Shakespearean misfortune almost from the day they left Pennsylvania bound for the California Gold Fields. They also designed an unsuccessful water pressure powered perpetual motion machine and an improved but unsuccessful gold recovery device.

Odeon Oldies Talk continues with Kim Harris portraying Eilley Bowers. Come and enjoy a fantastic evening with us and hear about Eilley Bowers.

In the days of covered wagons, copious amounts of gold and silver, and dastardly highway bandits, the legend of the Prison Hill Missing Treasure still lives today, and people often comb the sides of Prison Hill in Carson City searching out the lost Wells Fargo gold for themselves, but it has yet to be found to this day.

Juliette “Julia” Bulette was born in England in 1832 and quickly became the proprietor of the most lavish and prosperous brothel in Virginia City. She was beloved by all, and became an honorary member of the Virginia Engine Company Number 1 fire brigade.

Discover 25 essential insights about Nevada, from its rich history and diverse landscapes to its economic growth and cultural attractions.

A “modestly sized cottage” starts at $2 million with lakefront estates commanding over $30 million at Lake Tahoe’s Glenbrook community.

A “modestly sized cottage” starts at $2 million with lakefront estates commanding over $30 million at Lake Tahoe’s Glenbrook community.

Named for an immense quartz outcrop laced with gold, Gold Hill actually profited more from silver ore.