of falls of water...are indescribably unique and beautiful,” the Times reported. The great landscape painter Albert Bierstadt promptly headed to Yosemite. Ralph Waldo Emerson said Watkins’ i ...

The actor and musician Jeff Bridges discusses how to “let it do you,” why almost dying was a gift, and his new album, “Slow Magic,” in an interview with Amanda Petrusich. The danger behind ...