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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Danvers

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Danvers, Massachusetts

Updated October 10, 2018

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Unusual Attractions in Danvers

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial

Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Parsonage

Located just behind a quiet residential neighborhood, this is ground zero for the Salem witchcraft hysteria of 1692.

Danvers, Massachusetts

Rebecca Nurse Homestead and Graveyard

This historic graveyard monument is dedicated to a tragic victim of witch trial hysteria.

Danvers, Massachusetts

Endicott Pear Tree

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
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Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

The inspiration for H.P. Lovecraft's horror stories and Batman's Arkham Asylum is now a condominium complex.
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Grave of the Boston Strangler

Grave of the man allegedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960s.
3 miles from Danvers
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Charley the Haunted Doll

Rumored to have tormented a family in the late 1960s, this toy now resides in a quiet little oddities shop.
3 miles from Danvers

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Danvers, Massachusetts

Endicott Pear Tree

The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
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