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5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Danvers, Massachusetts

Updated October 26, 2023
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The foundations of the buildings that were at the center of the Salem witch trials in 1692.

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Parsonage

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.
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Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Rebecca Nurse Homestead and Graveyard

Danvers, Massachusetts

Rebecca Nurse Homestead and Graveyard

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.
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Endicott Pear Tree.

Danvers, Massachusetts

Endicott Pear Tree

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
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Grave of Robert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler

Peabody, Massachusetts

Grave of the Boston Strangler

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
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The Parker Brothers’ Grave

They founded the game company that made Clue, Monopoly, Risk, Trivial Pursuit, and Sorry!
3 miles from Danvers
The Satanic Temple in Salem.

Salem, Massachusetts

The Satanic Temple

The headquarters in Salem doubles as an occult art gallery.
3 miles from Danvers
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Endicott Pear Tree.

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George Jacobs, whose witchcraft trial is shown here in Thomkins H. Matteson’s 1855 painting, was one of 19 people hanged as a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials.

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts

Tensions between Salem and Danvers were there from the start—contributing to the ensuing witch hysteria.
by Theresa McKinney, Atlas Obscura
October 26, 2023
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