The Salem Witch Museum examines one of the most enduring and emotional events in American History, the Salem witch trials of 1692. The museum provides an immersive look into the events of 1692.
Designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2007, The House of the Seven Gables is best known today as the setting of world-renowned American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1851 novel.
Founded in 1799, the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) is the country’s oldest continuously operating museum. Visitors will find authentic witch trials objects, maritime and fashion galleries, historic property tours, including Yin Yu Tang, a 200-year-old Chinese House and Ropes Mansion and Gardens, featured in Hocus Pocus, and more.
A harbor side shopping-village, filled with history and landmarks alike. It is the perfect place to explore what Salem has to offer: from local shops to waterfront dining on the Salem harbor to the Salem Maritime Site and the Friendship trading ship.
Former home and laboratory for eccentric inventor John Hays Hammond Jr., the father of radio control. The great hall houses artifacts from the Renaissance that were collected by Mr. Hammond as well as a giant pipe organ. A great stop for anyone interested in technology, history, architecture or artifacts.
If you’re in need of some retail therapy, it doesn’t get much more classic than shopping on Bearskin Neck in Rockport. Here you’ll find a number of locally owned stores and a landscape that is almost like a time capsule. Take a leisurely stroll down the neck to the jetty and enjoy the fresh salt air.
Check out Singing Beach in Manchester, Crane Beach in Ipswich, or Good Harbor and Wingaersheek in Gloucester.
Try True North Ale Company in Ipswich, Wandering Soul Brewery or Channel Marker Brewing in Beverly, Notch Brewing in Salem, or Essex County Brewing Company in Peabody.