Get a lunch at Concord Market and sit outside along the stone wall to enjoy it.

Amazing to step back in history and to hear about all the famous people who lived and visited here.

A very interesting tour of a house thats more than 200 years old. It was really neat seeing original furniture pieces from the house, too. I really learned a lot about Concord here.

It is awesome to visit a place where well known people lived their lives in times that were pivotal to our nations history. The docents at the Old Manse make history come alive with details regarding the lives of the various people who lived there. It was a valuable visit that we will remember!

We went on the 30-minute Emerson and Hawthorne centered tour with Victor. It was great! Only $5 and we got to see where Emerson wrote Nature and where both authors careers set off! Victor was very patient with us while we took pictures and explored really more than we should have. He is very knowledgeable about the house and its residents! Loved it! Its inspiring to be there.

Interesting place... you have to experience it for yourself. Hard to describe. Better during the day.

A really cool view of the bridge and some unique history with several authors. For sure worth a checkout. But dont bring young kids as they will want to play in the water off of the wobbly dock.

Terrific tour with knowledgeable and enthusiastic guide. What an amazing confluence of significant American history and literature in one small area! Be sure to ask about the owl.

Really informative tour. Love the diamond carved windows. Lots of interesting history and personal tidbits. Cool wallpaper to boot!

We really enjoyed this tour, our tour guide was knowledgeable young lady.  Interesting history, and nice little gift shop.

Had a museum so you can go inside. Pretty nice place .

Thoroughly enjoyed it but was on a bus tour group that was divided in half. Our guide Tim was great but was rushed because the second group was nipping at our heels and we had to skip a couple of rooms. Very interesting and informative.

We enjoyed the entertaining and informative tour of this historic gem... literature and liberty!

Really pretty and well kept, but you can only see the interior of the house by taking a $10 tour. I cant climb flights of stairs so we didnt take the tour and didnt see the interior of the house.

It is nice and peaceful near the river in the early morning.

Nice place to visit

Neat historical site.Nice to see where some famous American writers lived.

Fascinating house and museum. We took the highlights tour because we were pressed for time and this was just right, lasting about half an hour. You get to see the room where Emerson wrote the essay nature. I admire his writing and it was interesting to see some of the surrounding area that would have inspired him. Definitely worth a visit.

Great tour today. Learned a lot of interesting facts and walked to the historic North Bridge.

Beautiful place

Very informative guided tour through the mande. Was free to visit grounds on our own.

Particularly one of the Great American homes, this is where Ralph Waldo Emersons grandfather lived, on a bend in the river a really Divine landscape, where the road turned to cross the river just behind, about a half-mile or less out of the village, where the British troops marched looking for the arms the Colonials had amassed getting ready to revolt against the King. In no other landscape is there more meaning or reason for devotion for the American mind.

A national treasure and a must-see for any Emerson fan or history buff.

Beautiful setting, great Trustees property! Enjoyed the history and enthusiastic interpreters.

Great historic site. Very friendly knowledgeable staff.

Worth a visit if you’re in the area

Visiting The Old Manse was a wonderful trip into the history of the United States with a tour given by an amazing group of staff and actors!

This place was a amazing and the tour guide Tim was so informative.

Had a great time wandering around this historic site in Concord.

Beautiful location and very historic. Loved it.

I recently attended a wedding here and have only been outside of the building but I loved it! Its set off a quiet road surrounded by nature. The building itself doesnt look large from the outside, but the grounds around it are expanse. There was enough space to set up a ceremony area, a tent for the reception, as well as a half dozen lawn games. The grounds appear to be tended to and the old brick fences are still standing. A beautiful rustic setting!

Very informative and entertaing.

I always enjoy historical sites, but the curators here really know theyre taking about and can answer lots of questions. If youre a revolutionary war buff, you have to check it and the bridge nearby out where the shot heard round the world was fired. The grounds and house are also kept up well for how the house is. Make sure to ask about the texting left.

Loved the history and the tour, solid 10 outta 10

Great museum, formerly Emerson and Hawthorne resided here. Close to Concord Bridge. The area is steeped in history. Very enjoyable and near Concord center.

This was a lovely place to visit in the summer with the kids. Very relaxed but spread out with easy trails to walk around and lots to see. Also a nice place to bring a picnic along and eat at one of the numerous benches along the historic sites.

Very interesting tour.

Oh it was just beautiful. And most of the furniture and house hold items are as old as the house!

Such a good guide and resource

Nature play was wonderful!

Great informative tour.

Beautiful spot, and I would rate 5 stars but there was one problem. There was a sculpture outside of the Old Manse that was supposed to reflect nature.... It was huge, bright yellow, and very modernistic. The inside of the house is beautiful, though.

Very historic area. Well informed help. Easy to get to.

Rich history to this place with great new tours!

Waste of time , not much to see

Pretty awesome spot to see how Emmerson family had ring site seats

Victor gave a great tour! One one my favorite spots to visit when I am up in New England.

Great old house and the history omg. A most place to visit.

Birthplace of Ralph Waldo Emersons grandfather who had 1 son who joined the Minutemen in the American Revolution, and 1 son who joined the English Army....our American Revolution was actually a prolonged divorce from England...

The tour takes you throughout the house, no railings or glass between you and history.

Great place to walk on a nice day! Very scenic.

Great experience wonderful to see the way that the authors of the day and their contemporaries lived and worked

Walk in Emersons family home. Next door to Minute Man National Park. Better than a history book, walk in their footsteps.

The house is really old but still standing and aww seeing

Loved The Old Manse tour

Very interesting and the docent did a great job.

Interesting place.

Great/fascinating tour.

We had an awesome tour guide who made the families come alive

Great piece of American literary and revolutionary history.

Beautiful!

Concord is a wonderful place to take the kids.

Tours are very informative.

We liked it.

Closed poor signage

Beautiful and great preservation

Good photo op

Great spot for birdwatching 0.0

Fun place

Great piece of history

Great place!

Nice

So cool

Awesome historical site!

An American treasure nestled right next to one of the most momentous events of the american revolution (the north bridge)