You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
Salem
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Salem
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Salem
The Salem Night Tour
Salem
Salem Old Town Hall
Salem
Salem On Your Own
Salem
Salem Trolley
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
Salem
Sandwich Glass Museum
Sandwich
Sankaty Head Light
Nantucket
Sargent House Museum
Gloucester
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Saugus
Sawmill River Arts Gallery
Montague Center
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester
Scituate Light
Scituate
Seamen's Bethel
New Bedford
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Salem
See Plymouth Tourism Headquarters
Plymouth
Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley
Shelburne Falls
Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Inc.
Shelburne Falls
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Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
8 Central St.
Salem
978-745-0666 - B
Salem Kids Tours
40 English St
Salem
978-766-1103 - C
Salem Museum
32 Derby Square
Salem
978-744-0007 - D
The Salem Night Tour
127 Essex Street
Salem
978-741-1170 - E
Salem Old Town Hall
32 Derby Square
Box 4551
Salem
978-606-7426 - F
Salem On Your Own
Museum Place Mall
Salem
781-248-2031 - G
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - H
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square North
Salem
800.544.1692 - I
Sandwich Glass Museum
129 Main St.
Sandwich
508-888-0251 - J
Sankaty Head Light
Baxter St.
Nantucket
n/a - K
Sargent House Museum
49 Middle Street
Gloucester
978-281-2432 - L
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
244 Central St.
Saugus
781-233-0050 - M
Sawmill River Arts Gallery
440 Greenfield Road
Montague Center
413-367-2885 - N
Schooner Adventure
Po Box 1306
Gloucester
978-281-8079 - O
Scituate Light
100 Lighthouse Rd.
Scituate
781-545-1083 - P
Seamen's Bethel
15 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford
508-992-3295 - Q
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Liberty Street
Salem
8607548923 - R
See Plymouth Tourism Headquarters
4 North St
Plymouth
508-747-0100 - S
Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley
43 Bridge Street (gps)
Shelburne Falls
(413) 625-6179 - T
Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Inc.
14 Depot St
Po Box 272
Shelburne Falls
4136259443
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