Walden Pond, Massachusetts

B. Hippo visits a replica of Henry David Thoreau's famous one-room cabin at Walden Pond State Reservation in Massachusetts

While accompanying M and K on their weeklong New England loop, B. Hippo was pleased to have the opportunity to stop at Walden Pond, where Henry David Thoreau lived while writing Walden (complete text). There was some interesting information and the foundation of the actual house is still visible (the house in the picture is a replica). Though the pond is now used for recreation (including swimming, with changing rooms and a sandy, lifeguard-chaired beach), it still reminds of the self sufficiency of Thoreau during those few years. Plus, there's a really great bookshop with loads of transcendentalist works out by the parking lot.