Built in the mid-1940s from 20-year-old plans, the Mapes' art deco style was already becoming nostalgic. It opened as Nevada's tallest building in 1947, and its Sky Room overlooked a town that ...

The Riverside Hotel was a poker chip's throw across the Truckee River. Harrah's ... He couldn't take a bad picture of Monroe. "She just had that photogenic quality that is impossible to define ...