Historic Sites

The Museum's original 800 items have increased to over 9,000 and the collection continu

The Museum's treasures include manuscripts for such outstanding literary works as James

Rowan Oak was the family home of the Faulkners for over 40 years.

Sidney Lanier was born here at his grandparents' home on February 3, 1842, and tragical

The Sauk Center home provided part of the inspiration for Sinclair's novel Main Stre

Founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, the town posthumously honored Washington Irv

If you don't mind a little walking, you can easily trace Ichabod Crane's famous ride up

One of America's foremost playwrights, Eugene O'Neill, purchased the Tao House in Danvi

Depicted as "Dixieland" in Wolfe's novel Look Homeward, Angel, this historic Old

The Thornton Burgess Museum is located in the Deacon Eldred house on historic Shawme Po

Thurber House is a living history museum in which visitors are invited to

Within its walls lived three generations of one remarkable family that made significant

Henry David Thoreau lived at Walden Pond from July 1845 to September 1847 and his exper

The house itself was built by Whitman's father and contains nineteenth century furnishi

Constructed in 1848, this modest wooden-framed structure built in Greek-revival style w

Waterloo Village is a completely recreated colonial town and an adjoining Indian Villag

What began as an extension of David Howe's family home in 1716, the Inn has thrived thr

The Whittier Home was always occupied by the Whittier Family until purchased by the Whi

Visit the showplace home of William Allen White, nationally known newspaperman and auth

Purchased in 1789 by Ebenezer Snell, Bryant's grandfather, the Homestead and its surrou

The famous pioneer of literary realism, William Dean, stayed at this house in the winte

On the front porch of this Queen Anne Victorian home, Joel Chandler Harris penned many