The John Muir Trail provides a longer but more gradual approach, switchbacking up the canyon wall with views that reveal themselves like a slow-motion revelation. This route adds about two miles to ...

ITV – launched in the UK. For the first time, BBC TV had a rival. It began with a five-minute film depicting scenes from London (“Westminster Abbey, with its banners and tombs”), before laying out the ...

The Youghiogheny River (pronounced yock-i-gay-nee, though locals will forgive your inevitable mispronunciation) cuts through the park with the confidence of something that’s been sculpting landscapes ...