The Atlas Obscura Guide To Danvers

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

Updated October 26, 2023

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Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial

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

The foundations of the buildings that were at the center of the Salem witch trials in 1692.

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.

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 Robert DeSalvo, the Boston Strangler

Peabody, Massachusetts

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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George Jacobs, whose witchcraft trial is shown here in Thomkins H. Matteson’s 1855 painting, was one of 19 people hanged as a witch during the 1692 Salem witch trials.

The Salem Witch Trials Actually Happened in Danvers, Massachusetts

Tensions between Salem and Danvers were there from the start—contributing to the ensuing witch hysteria.

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Danvers

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

Updated October 26, 2023

Unusual Attractions in Danvers

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Witchcraft Victims Memorial

Danvers, Massachusetts

Salem Village Parsonage

Danvers, Massachusetts

Rebecca Nurse Homestead and Graveyard

Danvers, Massachusetts

Endicott Pear Tree

Danvers, Massachusetts

Danvers State Hospital

Peabody, Massachusetts

Grave of the Boston Strangler

Beverly, Massachusetts

Charley the Haunted Doll

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Danvers, Massachusetts

Endicott Pear Tree

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