Salem Budget Travel Guide

Eagle Crest, Custom House, Salem, Massachusetts
Author: Torsten Henning (public domain)

Introducing Salem

Salem Budget Travel Guide is written to introduce this town in Massachusetts to would-be visitors. I hope you will enjoy getting to know Salem with me, and that my explanation will help you prepare for a trip there.

About Salem

Salem is a coastal town in the state of Massachusetts, USA. It has a population of over 40,000 people. The town was an important seaport in the early days of American history. The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is the first National Historic Site to be designated by Congress.

The town of Salem is perhaps best known for the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. Today the people celebrate that part of their history with many witch-theme icons, such as spotting the witch logo, naming their football team The Witches, and so on. Even the television series Bewitched is celebrated by having a bronze statue of Samantha Stephens, the character in the show played by Elizabeth Montgomery.

Custom House, Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Author: Torsten Henning (public domain)

Salem Witch Museum
Author: Rolf Müller (Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0)

Places of Interest in Salem

House of the Seven Gables
House made famous by the Nathaniel Hawthrone story, one of the oldest surviving wooden mansions of the 17th century in New England.
Peabody Essex Museum
Museum with a treasured collection of Asian art and artifacts.
Salem Maritime National Historic Site
Preserved historic waterfront of Salem with its restored 18th-century wharves.
Salem Witch Museum
Museum documenting how twenty innocent people were wrongly executed for witchcraft.

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