As you’d expect, ghost tours and 'witch walks' are popular in Salem. The hop-on, hop-off Salem Trolley takes an eight-mile loop around key sites, including the Charter Street Burial Ground, the House of the Seven Gables (one of New England’s oldest surviving 17th-century wooden mansions), and the historic waterfront.

The Salem Maritime National Historic Site, which covers 12 structures, became the first such site when it was created in 1938.

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