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NORTH ADAMS — In July 1838, Nathaniel Hawthorne struck out on the road, traveling west. His destination? North Adams. He arrived in North Adams — then the north village of Adams, as the communities ...

Brock Hatton (Nathaniel Hawthorne) and Tyler Galindo (Herman Melville) in Melville & Hawthorne. Credit: Photo by Aaron Alon They met at a picnic in Massachusetts’ Berkshire mountains in August 1850 – ...

NEW BEDFORD — Flip this Dollhouse at Kilburn Mill has recently acquired its most exquisite house based on the 300-year-old Concord, Massachusetts, home of several literary figures, including Nathaniel ...

They went on to become politicians, captains of industry, prominent lawyers, clerics, and, in the case of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Nathaniel Hawthorne, giants of literature. Two centuries after ...