It remains as an operating inn to this day.

Most of the stories were derived by Longfellow from his wide reading -- many of them from the legends of continental Europe, a few from American sources. The best known inclusion is the previously published poem "Paul Revere's Ride". It also includes "The Saga of King Olaf", a poem which Longfellow started writing as early as 1856, making it the oldest in the collection. While assembling the