If you go

Orchard House (Louisa May Alcott’s home): 399 Lexington Road, Concord, Mass. (978) 369-4118; louisamayalcott.org. Hours vary by season but are often 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. $5 children 6 and older, $10 adults.

Emily Dickinson’s home: 280 Main St., Amherst, Mass. (413) 542-8161; emilydickinsonmuseum.org. Hours vary by season, but the home is closed in January and February. Typical hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Adults 18 and older, $15. Children, free.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home & Museum: 3060 Highway A, Mansfield, Mo. (877) 924-7126; lauraingallswilderhome.com. Open daily March through midnovember 9 a.m.-5 p.m., with limited Sunday hours. Adults, $14. Children 6-17, $7.

Pearl S. Buck House, Perkasie, Pa.: 520 Dublin Road, Perkasie, Pa. (215) 249-0100; pearlsbuck.org. Adults, $15. Students, $7. Prices rise in winter months. Two types of tours take place once or twice a day.

Edith Wharton’s home, the Mount: 2 Plunkett St., Lenox, Mass. (413) 551-5111; edithwharton.org. Open daily May-october, and weekends only November-february, 10:45 a.m.-4 p.m. Adults 19 and older, $20. Children, free.

Eudora Welty’s home: 1109 Pinehurst St., Jackson, Miss. (601) 353-7762; www.mdah.ms.gov/welty. Open Tuesday-friday and second Saturdays, with tours at 9 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 3 p.m. Adults, $5. Children under 6, free. Students, $3.