You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
Salem
Salem Kids Tours
Salem
Salem Museum
Salem
The Salem Night Tour
Salem
Salem Old Town Hall
Salem
Salem On Your Own
Salem
Salem Trolley
Salem
Salem Witch Museum
Salem
Sargent House Museum
Gloucester
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
Saugus
Schooner Adventure
Gloucester
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Salem
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Concord
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
North Andover
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
Concord
The Umbrella Arts Center
Concord
Whistler House Museum of Art
Lowell
Wicked Art Bar - Paint & Sip Studio
Beverly
Willowdale Estate
Topsfield
Winter Island Light
Salem
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Salem Historical Tours/Haunted Footsteps Walking Tour
8 Central St.
Salem
978-745-0666 - B
Salem Kids Tours
40 English St
Salem
978-766-1103 - C
Salem Museum
32 Derby Square
Salem
978-744-0007 - D
The Salem Night Tour
127 Essex Street
Salem
978-741-1170 - E
Salem Old Town Hall
32 Derby Square
Box 4551
Salem
978-606-7426 - F
Salem On Your Own
Museum Place Mall
Salem
781-248-2031 - G
Salem Trolley
Departs From Visitor's Center
2 New Liberty Street
Salem
978-744-5469 - H
Salem Witch Museum
19 1/2 Washington Square North
Salem
800.544.1692 - I
Sargent House Museum
49 Middle Street
Gloucester
978-281-2432 - J
Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site
244 Central St.
Saugus
781-233-0050 - K
Schooner Adventure
Po Box 1306
Gloucester
978-281-8079 - L
Seaside Shadows Haunted History Tours
Liberty Street
Salem
8607548923 - M
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
Rt.62
Concord
978-318-3233 - N
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
139 Andover St.
North Andover
978.682.3580 - O
Thoreau Farm: Birthplace of Henry David Thoreau
341 Virginia Road
Concord
5082419601 - P
The Umbrella Arts Center
40 Stow St.
Concord
978-371-0820 - Q
Whistler House Museum of Art
243 Worthen Street
Lowell
978-452-7641 - R
Wicked Art Bar - Paint & Sip Studio
95 Rantoul St.
Beverly
978-998-4221 - S
Willowdale Estate
24 Asbury Street
Topsfield
978-887-8211 - T
Winter Island Light
Winter Island Rd.
Salem
978-745-9430
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