Salem's historic central park is a landmark,
starting-point, and green and shady break
from cityscape. More...
Salem produced
America's first millionaires, merchants
who earned fabulous wealth by sending
speedy clipper ships around the world
in search of high-value goods for import
and export. Want to see where and how it
happened? More...
The 17th-century Salem house
that served
as
the setting for Nathaniel
Hawthorne's novel House of the Seven Gables is
the centerpiece of a historic site with five houses
and period
gardens on Salem harbor near Salem
Maritime National
Historic Site. More...
A group of Salem sea captains formed the East
India Marine Society in 1799 and
housed the "natural and
artificial curiosities" brought
back from their worldwide travels in a museum
that now ranks among the finest—and
largest—in the USA. More...
The famous grim-looking statue of Roger
Conant (alias "The Puritan") stands by
Salem Common in front of the Salem
Witch Museum, not far from the Hawthorne
Hotel.
More...
Despite that there were never any witches
in Salem, there are several Disneyesque
amusements based on the witch trials of
1692, including the Salem Witch
Museum,
Witch House and Witch
Dungeon. More...
One big citywide spook party with
up to 100,000 revelers—that's Salem on Halloween. You've
got to be prepared for it. More...
About 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northeast of Salem
Common,
Salem Willows Park is a fine place for a picnic,
a swim, and a break from the weight of history
and art in Salem.
Salem Trolley
A
trolley-like bus makes hourly tours of
the town every
day
from April through December between
10 am and 4 pm. Tours leave from Riley Plaza.
You can buy tickets on board the trolley.
—by Tom Brosnahan
