Artists Row

Massachusetts


This little alleyway is lined with seasonal shacks where local artists create, display and sell their wares. The streets and sidewalks are painted and the environs are otherwise spruced up by the artists, who are usually on hand to chat to passersby.


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1. Witch History Museum

0.12 MILES

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2. TV Land Statue

0.14 MILES

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3. Witch Trials Memorial

0.14 MILES

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4. Punto Urban Art Museum

0.16 MILES

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5. Peabody Essex Museum

0.2 MILES

All of the art, artifacts and curiosities that Salem merchants brought back from the Far East were the foundation for this museum. Founded in 1799, it is…

6. Yin Yu Tang

0.2 MILES

Contained within the Peabody Essex Museum, this 16-room Chinese house was shipped to the museum from China's southeastern Huizhou region.

7. Witch House

0.26 MILES

Of more than a score of witchy attractions in town, this is the only actual historic site. The house was once the home of Jonathan Corwin, a local…

8. Witch Dungeon Museum

0.27 MILES

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