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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Bakers Island Light
Salem
Bewitched After Dark Walking Tours
Salem
Essex National Heritage Area
Salem
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Hocus Pocus Tours
Salem
The House of the Seven Gables
Salem
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Salem
Salem Arts Association
Salem
Salem Food Tours
Salem
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
Salem
Salem Old Town Hall
Salem
Salem On Your Own
Salem
Salem Trolley
Salem
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Salem
Witchwood Tours
Salem
Essex Heritage Area
Salem
500 square miles of historic, cultural, and natural sites... unique and irreplaceable treasures that tell our history. more
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Salem
From the Orientation Center, National Park Service rangers will take you on tours of Friendship, Salem's own three-masted tall ship;... more
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Bakers Island Light
Baker Island Light
Salem
978-740-0444 - B
Bewitched After Dark Walking Tours
Bewitched In Salem
180 Essex Street
Salem
978-498-4061 - C
Essex National Heritage Area
10 Federal St
Suite 12
Salem
978-740-0444 - D
Gedney House Museum, A Historic New England Property
Gedney House Museum
21 High Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - E
Hocus Pocus Tours
Just Outside The Main Entrance To The Museum Place Mall On Essex Street
Salem
1-781-248-2031 - F
The House of the Seven Gables
115 Derby Street
Salem
978-744-0991 - G
Phillips House Museum, A Historic New England Property
34 Chestnut Street
Salem
978-744-0440 - H
Salem Arts Association
159 Derby Street
Salem
(978) 745-4850 - I
Salem Food Tours
Downtown Salem
Salem
978-594-8811 - J
Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
8 Central St.
Salem
978-745-0666 - K
Salem Old Town Hall
32 Derby Square
Box 4551
Salem
978-606-7426 - L
Salem On Your Own
Museum Place Mall
Salem
781-248-2031 - M
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - N
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Liberty Street
Salem
8607548923 - O
Witchwood Tours
75 Willson Street
Salem
978-254-3994 - P
Essex Heritage Area
10 Federal Street
Salem
978-740-0444 - Q
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
193 Derby St.
Salem
978-740-1660
Epic History: it's all here
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