In this first vlog, I share my experiences of renovating a 100-year-old schoolhouse in Sweden. With the help of volunteers and friends, we tackle various projects to transform this historic ...

Includes reviews of Corwin Ford Reno from DealerRater. Want to share your experience with this dealership? i think it's safe to say that buying a new car is very stressful and for me, intimidating.

With Reno roots dating back to the late 1870s when their ancestors first immigrated from Italy, the Casazzas are one of Reno’s longtime families. Part of the fabric of the family’s story includes the ...

Part of the fabric of the family’s story includes the Mapes Hotel, which stood tall in downtown Reno for over half a ... “It had this old-style, sort of cage elevator, and it had an elevator ...

An old black-and-white photograph of downtown Reno from 1954 shows a sign with two cowboys standing side by side, their billowing chaps forming the “M” in Mapes Casino. Just below the sign ...

Veteran casino executive Ferenc Szony, whose dad used to perform at the Mapes, remembers his time at the hotel as a kid and his shocking last visit.

This article, written by then-investigative reporter Frank X. Mullen, originally appeared in the Reno Gazette-Journal on Jan. 30, 2000, the date of the Mapes Hotel-Casino's implosion. Since its ...