The park also features a lakeside interpretive trail with 18 educational display panels. Children under 6 are free. Several musical and cultural events are held at the resort over the summer months too. For those interested in what life was like at Lake Tahoe 100 years ago, the Watson Cabin, located at 560 North Lake Boulevard, is not to be missed. Open mid-June through Labor Day, the cabin, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, contains original artifacts and furniture.
Guides dressed in period costumes offer daily tours.
To explore larger historical residences, visitors should travel south on Highway 89 along Lake Tahoe's lush, densely forested west shore. The Ehrman Mansion and Vikingsholm Castle are both located on this route. The Ehrman Mansion sits atop a grassy slope overlooking Lake Tahoe. During the summer months, beginning on June 15, tours of the mansion are available on a daily basis. Touted as one of the finest examples of Scandinavian architecture in the Western Hemisphere, the 38-room Vikingsholm Castle sits at the apex of picturesque Emerald Bay, one of the most photographed places in the world.