Paying homage to the long-dead Transcendentalist, some people are building full-scale replicas of Henry David Thoreau’s ...

On this eight-degree morning, with clean sunlight flooding the upstairs office and a small dog asleep on the couch behind my desk, it is tempting to tell myself a reassuring story. We are fine. The ...

Henry David Thoreau’s river journals from the 19th century are now helping scientists understanding the effects of climate change on New England's seasons. Thoreau's meticulous notes on river ice, ...

It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with introducing, ...

(WDBJ) - Writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born on this day in 1817. He embraced the Transcendentalist belief in the universality of creation and the primacy of personal ...

Thoreau’s book "Walden" sheds light on the history of slavery in Concord, Massachusetts. Elise Lemire only comes to learn of her town’s slave-related history when she reads Thoreau’s "Walden." This ...

The Henry David Thoreau Foundation is accepting applications for its 2026 Henry David Thoreau Scholarships, which award up to $26,000 over four years to eight to 10 high school seniors graduating from ...

Busy, busy, busy. Boy, can we be busy! We can be so active from the second our alarm goes off in the morning to the second we put our head down at night. By that time, we’re exhausted. We do so many ...

It was January, 2018, and a blizzard had come to Concord, Mass. From a second-story room of Concord's Colonial Inn, ...