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 ...

In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts. By Francesca Wade Paul Theroux, the quintessential travel ...

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 – ...

It’s not “The House of the Seven Gables,” the namesake of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel. But it’s selling for seven figures. A Salem home where the 19th century literary great once lived is on the ...

The Federal-style house on the corner of Botts Court and Chestnut Street in Salem is an architectural work of art that comes with an interesting history – at one point it was the home of renowned ...

A historic home up for sale in Salem is not to be scorned — but rather embraced — unlike the protagonist of the novel that was written by the author who used to live there. The house, located at 18 ...