Salem is not just about witches
Okay, so it is partly about witches. This museum tells the story of the famous trials via some dioramas and then has some other small exhibits on the topic.
There are lots of tours and other attractions based around the supernatural. The place seems to be a magnet for fans of that, but the trials are really a tragic case of mass hysteria. Next to the cemetery is a memorial to those who were hanged for witchcraft as well as the man who was crushed to death in an attempt to force a confession. Even today we see people throwing baseless accusations around that can have lasting effects on the victims.
We were staying in Boston and took the ferry to Salem. We got the train back. It seems that New England is mad on boats as there are thousands moored around the coast. There was everything from small sailboats to luxury yachts.
There are some very nice homes along the shore.
A house we wanted to visit was the House of 7 Gables that was immortalised in a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The woman who bought the house to preserve it actually added some features to match the story, including a hidden stairway. The site has several other early houses, some of which have been moved there.
Salem is a fair sized town that did very well from early trade in the colonies. Now it does well from tourists. There is an old sailing ship that we did not go on. We have done a few of those back in the UK.
The floating bar is a more recent feature.
There was a big crowd and some stalls by the harbour, so we went to check it out. It turned out to be a cardboard boat race. Various teams had built craft that had to go out and back to a buoy. The guy in the water was taking photos and we saw one on The Guardian site the next day. Some of the boats did pretty (surprisingly) well, but a few sank.
Not far from Boston is the small town of Concord. There is a house there where Louisa May Alcott lived and wrote Little Women. That has also been preserved to look as it did in her time.
Concord has a cemetery called Sleepy Hollow. It seems this is not the place of the headless horseman story as that is in New York state. It is still significant as it contains the graves of Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson. Fans of these writers have left pens and pencils at their graves. The cemetery is pretty big and has a lot of other old graves.
This part of the USA is where much of its history was forged. Some of the landscape did remind me of 'old' England, but the houses have their own style. We went through the town of Bedford that is named after my hometown. There is also New Bedford on the coast, but we did not have time to go there.
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I don't think we need to go to a museum to see the witches :P
Oh wow, that is pretty cool. We never visited this part of the area when we went there as a kid. Those are a lot of literary greats all buried in the same place! Pretty crazy! It looks like you are having a great time!
A lot of those writers knew each other. You may know more of the history if you did it at school. It's an area I haven't explored before.
That was a long time ago for me. If I knew I don't remember now! :)
Wow! Why am I so attracted to your images, It really worth checking out. You must have had a wonderful trip to Salem.
I have never been to Massachusetts, but I've gotten alot of information from a friend. Guess Salem as always been the best place to celebrate Halloween.
Amazing experience, thanks for sharing your images made my day. Please do well to have an amazing day 🤗🤗.
I expect it gets crazy at Halloween. The USA is very varied, but this is where it started for the Europeans.
That's true
I love that part of America. It looks like a bonkers good break you are on!
I've got a lot of stuff to work through and post about, but I need a good sleep tonight. Trying to stay up to get back in sync.
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Look forward to seeing it!! Fight the sleep and get back in rhythm!!
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That's a great area, never been there but it sure looks cool. Odd that on a cemetery where famous people are burried people tend to leave stuff there. I've seen is at Jim Morrison's grave, there were complete bottle's of booze left behind :)
These people still have their fans. My daughter has read some of their books.
It looks like you guys are having a whale of a time and some interesting tidbits in here.
Some great pics also.
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It was quite a trip. There will be more posts about what we got up to.
Great and happy that you are enjoying the break. We have power cuts here, but I will try to keep an eye out for your posts. Getting another power cut now in 15 minutes time.
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I'm back home now, but will post more about the trip.
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Glad that you arrived back safely and I will keep an eye out for your posts.
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Wow some very nice photos that you took here! Love the one of the ship! That looks so cool!
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I myself am very fond of visiting such special places where one gets to see and read many old things and many old books, it increases one's knowledge a lot.
You did get around.
Looks like those guys had fun in their cardboard boats. What an idea.
We have some silly races here too. We got a good taste of that part of the world. There are some places I would go back to.
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Yes, I guess that's why they're just as mad over there.. lol
all good fun!
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Salem is a great but sad reminder of the past. History that should not be forgotten and never repeat. Really nice of you to share other attractions available in the town and not just the witch part. By the way you have posts about those old boats in the uk? Would like to read and see pictures of them.
Here's a previous ships post.
Thanks. Ill be sure to check it. Im just outside hehe.
It must definetely be a cool museum
I'm very sure that you guys had fun
Your pictures could tell
Nice one!
Beautiful, very picturesque place. Except for the story of the "trial" of the alleged witches.