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 Sierra snowpack is lagging far behind historical averages, but this week's storms should help matters. Rain is possible ...

If the bricks of the Mapes Hotel-Casino could talk ... your life in your hands if you walked down Virginia Street. The Mapes changed that." Reno grew into a city known around the world ...