The historic estate of the late San Francisco real estate magnate George Whittell Jr., the Thunderbird Lodge, is set to open its summer tour season later this month. The East Shore lodge will begin ...

About $50,000 in grant money to preserve Thunderbird Lodge will be lost if matching funds are not raised by the end of this year. The Nevada Department of Cultural Affairs has been enlisted to help ...

ROSE VALLEY – At the end of “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” when Major Eaton claims the government has “top men working on it” as the Ark of the Covenant is rolled into storage, Indiana Jones grumbles, ...

ROSE VALLEY – Workers have been swarming around Thunderbird Lodge to continue restoring the exterior of the building. So have more than 15,000 bees. Using a bee box to entice the foragers, beekeeper ...

We’re perched above a sandy beach on the tip of Lake Tahoe’s east shore, touring the fairytale-like estate of the late George Whittell, Jr., the reclusive millionaire who began building this six-acre ...

The lodge is one of the last and best examples of great residential estates on Lake Tahoe It is one of the last and best examples of a great residential estate on Lake Tahoe. George Whittell, who ...

One of the pleasures of visiting a historic home is imagining what life must have been like for its original occupants. To get the feel of life at Lake Tahoe's Thunderbird Lodge, you have to visualize ...

As we say goodbye to the beautiful and plentiful summer water and hello to the flurries of white snow, Thunderbird Lodge is preparing for a season of celebration to round out a wonderful 2017!

The nonprofit Thunderbird Lodge Preservation Society in Lake Tahoe hosts fabulous Winemakers’ Dinners each summer to raise funds for the historic Thunderbird Lodge and yacht. Last year I was thrilled ...