A half-an-hour drive from Boston, Massachusetts, in the town of Concord, sits one of the most revered literary landscapes in the world: the 2,680-acre Walden Woods and Walden Pond State Reservation.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has listed Walden Pond and Walden Woods, where Henry David Thoreau wrote his 1854 classic "Walden," one of "America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places." ...

THIS IS BREAKING AT 7:00 TONIGHT. AUTHORITIES ARE IDENTIFYING NOW THE BODY THAT WAS FOUND IN THE LYNN WOODS RESERVATION IS BRIAN LOPEZ. THE TEEN HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE FRIDAY. THIS IS SKY FIVE OVER ...

The main beach at Walden Pond in Concord will be closed this summer during construction of a new bathhouse at the popular swimming area, state officials said. Red Cross Beach will remain open but will ...

With summer hitting its midway point, all outdoors-loving people will need to find a lake or pond to get out on if you haven't already. Be it for fishing, boating, waterskiing or any other kind of ...

The teenage boy found dead in Walden Pond on Tuesday is being remembered as a bright young person who loved his family immensely and was getting ready for college. Brian Alexander Lopez Herrera, 17, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

If you have to cut or bend a fence out of the way, it's a good sign that that area of the beach isn't open to you. The state park is reporting that visitors to Concord's Walden Pond are hiking ...

The main beach at the Walden Pond State Reservation in Concord will close this summer as the construction of a new bathhouse continues, the state announced. Construction at the popular swimming spot ...

Joyce Maynard’s “The Guilt of the Not Good Enough Mother” (Perspective, July 21) made me reflect on my own experience as a single mother. Children do not come with instructions. Sometimes [I] had to ...