In 2014, we were temporarily transplanted to upstate NY by the Army. 

One of my kids' favorite things we did while we lived there was to visit the Almanzo Wilder homestead and museum.

Almanzo was married to Laura Ingalls Wilder, and this homestead is the setting for her book, Farmer Boy. I have a daughter who loved the Little House on the Prairie series, but this trip really spoke to my two little boys, who immediately wanted to go home and read Farmer Boy.

Going to visit museums and homesteads of favorite authors can be an amazing way to encourage reading and writing and connect more deeply with these timeless stories.

There is a non-profit organization called the American Writer’s Museum, based out of Chicago, and their website has a wealth of information including many other affiliate sites listed that you can visit throughout the United States.

They include the Louisa May Alcott Orchard House, the Harper Lee Museum, the Frederick Douglass Historic site, Emily Dickinson's Homestead, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Homestead, the Robert Frost Farm, the Hemingway Museum, the Wadsworth-Longfellow House, and so many more. 

I will link the website here and the affiliate website. Maybe one is near you or worth traveling to see if they happen to be one of your favorites.

https://americanwritersmuseum.org/

https://americanwritersmuseum.org/partners/affiliates/

Other notable museums:

Beverly Cleary sculpture garden—Grant Park, Portland, Oregon (Ramona Quimby's neighborhood, with statues of Ramona, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy)

L. Frank Baum / Oz sites—Chittenango, New York (birthplace; hosts annual Oz-Fest) and the 

All Things Oz Museum in Chittenango

Thornton W. Burgess Museum—Sandwich, Massachusetts (author of Old Mother West Wind and Peter Rabbit stories—the American Peter Rabbit, not Beatrix Potter's)

For younger children:

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum—Springfield, Massachusetts (plus the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden on the same campus)

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art—Amherst, Massachusetts (writer of They Very Hungry Caterpillar)