Salem History: It’s More than Witches

Salem, Massachusetts, isn’t filed with toil and trouble, at least not anymore. It is a place best known for witches, but as one of the oldest communities in America, there’s more to Salem history. You know about Boston, but Salem was one of the earliest settlements and has been a place of critical seaport trade since the early 1600s. While tourists mostly come for the witches, there’s much more unique about this early American town, like historic residential neighborhoods, including the House of Seven Gables, Pioneer Village, the Salem Maritime National Historic Site, and the Peabody Essex Museum. Before that, it was home to the Naumkeag Native Americans, who lived there for thousands of years before European colonization. Salem History of Witches Still, if any town has a theme, it’s this one. I’ve been to Salem twice, once recently during my nearly two-year-long solo road trip and another time several years ago. Dare I say it’s gotten more witchy in the intervening years? It’s one of few places where you’ll know the theme without anyone telling you – something to do with witches, right? The teams are the “Witches,” a school is called “Witchcraft Heights,” and some police cars have […]

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