In 1845, transcendentalist philosopher Henry David Thoreau decided to spend two years in solitude with nature. Transcendentalists like Thoreau believe that man and nature are inherently good, but organized society corrupts them. Thoreau wanted to try being self-reliant and independent. The place he chose for this was Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. There, he wrote one of his most famous books, “Walden; or, Life in the Woods”. [Map] [Wiki]

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