Salem, MA

Place: Salem, MA

Weather: Partly Cloudy developing showers, 66/82F

Route: From Boston 25 miles NE on I-93 N and I-95 N.

Population: 43,226 (2019)

Nickname: The City of Witches

Significance: I was going to write some deep screed about The Salem Witch Trials and what that showed about the culture and how women were treated etc.  But, I just spent a few hours going down that rabbit hole - and let's just say it's complex.  And there are a lot of disagreements about why it happened. So, I'll leave it to you to delve into that if you are interested.  

Places to visit: The House of the Seven Gables, Peabody Essex Museum, Old Burying Point Cemetery, Salem Witch Museum.  

Image:

Aerial view of downtown (from vogue.com)