Minuteman National Park preserves and protects the significant historic structures, sites, properties and landscapes associated with the opening battles of the American Revolution.  The Visitor Center is well worth visiting.
 

Walden Pond State Reservation includes 462 acres of protected open space so that visitors from near and far may come to experience the pond that inspired Henry David Thoreau.

Fruitlands Museum was founded in 1914 by Clara Endicott Sears, the collections encompass work by Transcendentalists, Shakers, Native Americans and the Hudson River School.  There are three museums set in beautiful grounds.
 

Orchard House is the historic home of the extraordinary Alcott family, where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women.  One of their favorite visits for many of our guests.