EditorialHikers watch the flowing waters from the Works Progress Administration-era stone bridge in Whatcom Falls Park in Bellingham, Wash., June 19, 2022. (Grant Hindsley/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Cape Meares Lighthouse, with cherry-colored panels on its Fresnel lens, at Cape Meares State Park in Cape Meares, Ore., in October 2021. (Scott Robinson/The New York Times)
EditorialWendy Waszut-Barrett, a specialist in period theatrical design, gently cleans a piece of historical scenery at the Tabor Opera House in Leadville, Colo., July 12, 2021. (Benjamin Rasmussen/The New York Times)