Ancient Redwoods, Empty Beaches, and Foraged Fine Dining on California’s Northern Coast | Condé Nast Traveler

"'There's a history of booms and busts here,' said Otis Brown, the resident storyteller at the Inn at Newport Ranch. 'Fish, lumber, cannabis—and we'll see about ecotourism.' He was shouting bits of local lore as he navigated a Kawasaki UTV around the inn's 2,000 acres of private trails, passing stumps of redwood trees that were cut down 150 years ago, many with their inner layers eaten out by enterprising black bears. ... The captain's quarters at the Inn at Newport Ranch has panoramic views of the Pacific. ... In the 1980s, Will Jackson, a Manhattan-based banker, saw a listing in the Wall Street Journal for a 100-acre coastal Northern California property that was priced the same as a single acre in the Hamptons. He bought it. A few years on, he purchased the adjacent lots, hoping to build a lodge with a back-to-the-land ethos. In 2015, he opened the Inn at Newport Ranch."