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2 New Liberty Street, Salem, MA
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The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is a nine-acre national park featuring historic buildings, wharves, and reconstructed tall-ships that tell the stories of the sailors and merchants who brought the goods of the world to America. Free tours are offered.
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Spellbound Tours
Ticket Office is at the Magic Parlor 213 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970
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At Spellbound Tours, visitors can learn about the haunted history of the Salem witch trials. Among the sites visited is the Witch Dungeon, the Boston Stranger murder site, and the Old Burying Point Cemetery.
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National park Saugus Iron Works is a historical site that represents the American iron and steel history. The 9-acre park includes mills, a restored 17th century home, working waterwheels and hot forges.
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Municipal reservation park, Lynn Woods is a large forest reserve. Boasting streams, ponds and evergreen forests, the area inhabits over 100 bird species and rodent-predators including owls, red tail fox and hawk species.
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The Salem Willows Arcade is a video game arcade that features a historic carousel from 1866, skeeball, and vintage pinball machines. The arcade also has a prize and treasure system.
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Known as the second largest municipal park in the greater Boston area, Lynn Woods Reserve is a natural preserve that is home to over 100 species of birds. The forest is situated on 2,200-acres of land.
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Count Orlok's Nightmare Gallery is a local monster museum which features the private collection of James Lurgio comprising of around 50 different characters spanning the history of horror in Hollywood movies. Besides the full-sized replicas, the gallery also houses many movie props.
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The Old Burying Point Cemetery is the oldest burial ground in Salem and contains the gravesites of many notable persons including Justice John Hathorne who was one of the judges of the Witch Trials, as well as many Mayflower passengers.
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Guests can board a full length pirate ship and explore an 80 foot cave as part of the New England Pirate Museum which brings the 1690s to life. Artifacts from sunken ships and pirate treasures form the bulk of the displayed collections.
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Watch the arts come alive in a theatrical production at Salem Theatre Company. This semi-professional local theater was founded in 2002. Literary events, dance, comedy and music are also performed.