Salem, Massachusetts, is renowned for its witch trials, but this charming New England town has so much more to offer. Photograph by Wangkun Jia / Alamy Stock Photo Colonial-era homes fit for a ...

The Salem witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft—the devil’s magic—and 20 were executed. In 1711, ...

A Biblical "concordance" belonging to a judge from the Salem Witch Trials is up for auction tomorrow, Aug. 27 A "concordance" is a sort of reference book The item will be auctioned online on the ...

17 th century New England saw its fair share of witch hysteria, with neighbors accusing neighbors of heresy. Some of the most infamous trials played out in Salem, Massachusetts, but as a new ...

Salem, Massachusetts, 1692: It's an early entry in American history that is not soon forgotten, between references in modern media (Witches of East End, anyone?), and use of the phrase "witch hunt" in ...

Around 50 years before the infamous Salem witch trials, fear of witches first plagued the colonial people of western Massachusetts. In the enterprising settlement of Springfield, founder and fur ...

SALEM, MA -- A team of researchers using historical documents and 21st-century archaeological techniques has confirmed the site where 19 innocent people were hanged during the Salem witch trials more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With fall in full swing, New Englanders everywhere are picking the last apples of the season and starting to prepare for Halloween ...

As everyone is aware, suffering at the hands of others is hardly new. They identified a formula that I thought was interesting: Fear + trigger = scapegoat. In this case, the fear was God/devil with ...

With fall in full swing, New Englanders everywhere are picking the last apples of the season and starting to prepare for Halloween. At Massachusetts' oldest apple orchard, you can do both. Founded ...