things to do in Essex, MA

Sail into the sunset with live Celtic tunes and sea shanties

See visiting schooners up close during Gloucester's Heritage Day celebration

Photograph visiting schooners as they arrive for Gloucester’s festival weekend

Sail in company with visiting schooners during Gloucester Schooner Festival Weekend

Build practical night-navigation skills aboard a 36-foot cruising sailboat

Walk the Freedom Trail and visit 4 historic taverns on a private Boston pub crawl

Trace Salem's eerie winter folklore, from Puritan bans to Victorian ghost tales

Explore Salem's witch trials history in its oldest Colonial cemetery

Explore Salem's witch trials, revolutionary roots and harbor history by foot and boat

Trace Boston’s Jewish immigrant story through Beacon Hill’s North Slope and West End

Trace how Boston’s streets, shoreline, and infrastructure have evolved

Walk Back Bay’s Victorian landmarks and uncover Boston’s architectural legacy

Trace the engineering feat that transformed Boston's Back Bay

Trace Boston’s gay and lesbian history on a private guided walk

Follow Samuel Adams' revolutionary path, then toast at the Taproom

Walk through Boston's queer history, from literary figures to Pride

Trace Jewish life and landmark synagogue sites on Beacon Hill's North Slope

Unearth Beacon Hill's tales of witchcraft, murder and apparitions on Halloween

Uncover the changing stories of America’s oldest public park

Discover the design stories behind Boston’s overlooked Art Deco landmarks

Explore Boston through the stories of Loyalists to the British crown

Trace South Boston’s waterfront from marshland to the Innovation District

Walk downtown Salem and trace 400 years of military service in 1 hour

Paddle Salem Harbor at your own pace from Salem Willows Park