Our second post is dedicated to the town of Boston Salem. Distance 29 minutes by train from Boston, Salem linked its name to the sad history of the witch hunt.
In 1692 the town experienced years of terror caused by the obsession with witchcraft and some citizens were killed and persecuted in a climate of paranoia and discrimination.
Today, this dark past has been converted into picturesque turim: Everything is related to the Salem witches, from museums to shops.
In this sort of Disneyland of evil, you can visit the museum witches that provides an accurate historical reconstruction of this period. Then there is a (small) wax museum that offers the statues of the characters who were involved in the witch trials but also historically significant personages in the history of the town. In front of the wax museum, you can then make a further excursion tour to the city's history by visiting the Witch History Museum .
If you want to go beyond the appearance of the town folk, Salem also offers many other things:
the Peabody Essex Museum , the House of the Seven Gables , an extraordinary example of colonial architecture, known for being the location of 'eponymous short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne the Lizzie Borden museum , the 'killer that killed his family, and the Maritime Museum .
Salem is very small, it takes 3 hours to turn it on foot, including attractions, but it's worth visiting for his appearance so characteristic. We went shortly after Halloween which is the main festival of the city that so fully exploits its Gothic appearance. Given the season we have been able to still enjoy the foliage, with colors unimaginable.
The magnet comes from the main museum of the city and, of course, witchcraft theme with lots of bats!
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