Paranormal tourists are not content with taking a two-hour ghost tour when they visit a city, but instead plan entire vacations, spending not-insignificant amounts of money, for a chance to encounter ...

At the beginning of July, I wrote an article titled “30 reasons why New Hampshire stands out.” I guess I have to update it ...

Virginia City, the historic mining town that looks like it was frozen in time during the Comstock Lode silver rush, makes for a fascinating day trip. Even Las Vegas is only a day’s drive away when you ...

For those concerned about safety, Gardnerville consistently ranks as one of Nevada’s safest communities, with crime rates well below national averages. Many retirees report feeling comfortable walking ...

Do you know what people from each state are called? Find out the official nicknames for residents of each state—and the stories behind them. What’s in a nickname? It might sound like the setup of a ...

There’s something wonderfully simple about floating down a river on a hot summer day. You’re not paddling furiously or ...

Amid all the chaos and uncertainty in the conference title races, one thing is certain: James Madison will play in the Sun ...

Veterans Day is Tuesday, Nov. 11. There are a number of events lined up around Carson City, northern Nevada and Lake Tahoe in ...

This column originally appeared in the Reno Gazette Journal on Dec. 2, 2004. Tourists by the thousands flock to Virginia City every year in search of the Wild West and evidence of Mark Twain's time on ...

Central Park’s iconic horse carriages will trot on, for now. A proposal to ban the popular tourist activity failed to clear a ...

The city of Henderson is the worst place in the country for singles, according to a new study. Henderson came in last out of the 100 biggest metro regions in the country based on a study from Zumper, ...

Less than a week before Halloween, in the uncertainty of a federal government shutdown, U.S. Forest Service officials and a local sawyer harvested the nation’s first Christmas tree from Nevada. The ...