Visiting Emerald Bay State Park is a bit of a right of passage on any trip to Lake Tahoe ... you can hike up to the abandoned little tea house at the top of the hill and take some cool photos.

Emerald Bay State Park is one of the most popular places for hiking, photography and sightseeing in Lake Tahoe ... and you’ll find an old tea house which was used to serve tea to the owners ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: Emerald ... island on Lake Tahoe), thought to be a resistant granite rock left behind by receding glaciers. The island features the remnants of a tea house built in the ...