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...cabin Thoreau built in 1845 and lived in for two years on Walden Pond, south of town, was sold during his lifetime and disassembled to patch a barn and roof a pig sty. But the site is marked by a cairn of rocks, started by Bronson Alcott after Thoreau died in 1862 and supplemented over the years by reverent visitors. Nearby, a facsimile of Thoreau's tiny, spartan home reflects his belief that freedom lay in simplicity. "I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself," he wrote, "than be crowded on a velvet cushion...
...logical place to start is Pepin, Wis., where Laura was born in 1867 in "the little house in the big woods," as she titled her first book. Though the Ingalls log cabin is gone, a faithful reconstruction now occupies the site. Upstairs is a large attic; downstairs are a bedroom, a pantry and a living room with a stone fireplace like the one where Laura and Mary warmed their toes on snowy nights as they listened to Pa's songs and stories. Tourists will also want to see the Pepin Historical Museum and its displays of local history. The town...
...family arrived there to help run the Masters Hotel. Laura's account of their sojourn in Burr Oak has never been published, and true fans will not want to miss it. The hotel is the only one of Laura's girlhood homes that remains on its original site. It has been restored and outfitted with furnishings authentic for the late 19th century, and it is easy to imagine little Laura scampering about the building and grounds with her sisters...
Already several sites, including AtomFilms.com Broadcast.com and iFilm.net post legitimate copies of mostly independent films that can be viewed for free. All you need is a Web browser and a program such as RealPlayer (available on each site). So why aren't these companies worried about piracy? "It's still too early," says AtomFilms' Mika Salmi. Ah, but that's what they said about music before MP3 came along...