The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lynn

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lynn, Massachusetts

Updated July 24, 2017

Unusual Attractions in Lynn

The iron door that currently marks the entrance to the cave

Lynn, Massachusetts

Dungeon Rock

A cave dug by a man directed by ghosts to find pirate treasure.

Lynn, Massachusetts

High Rock Tower

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

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Salem, Massachusetts

Proctor's Ledge

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

4 miles from Lynn

Salem, Massachusetts

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder

Like stepping into a spooky fairy-tale, this shop carries the dark ideas of artists and other makers.

4 miles from Lynn

Saugus, Massachusetts

Skull Cliff

The macabre graffiti spectacle in a quarry in a Massachusetts forest reservation.

4 miles from Lynn

Salem, Massachusetts

Stephen Phillips House

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

4 miles from Lynn

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.

4 miles from Lynn

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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lynn

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lynn, Massachusetts

Updated July 24, 2017

Unusual Attractions in Lynn

Lynn, Massachusetts

Dungeon Rock

Lynn, Massachusetts

High Rock Tower

Salem, Massachusetts

Proctor's Ledge

Salem, Massachusetts

Black Veil Shoppe of Drear & Wonder

Saugus, Massachusetts

Skull Cliff

Salem, Massachusetts

Stephen Phillips House

Peabody, Massachusetts

Grave of the Boston Strangler

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