Well, before you do anything, make sure you have a good map. Not just any map, but a good one. Because a lot of the maps built into all the brochures are grossly inaccurate and confusing. In fact, if you can’t find something, ask someone—the people of Salem are actually very friendly.

The wax museum is a waste of time, but there’s a second leg of that tour you can take on its own I think, in the building directly across the street from the wax museum. It’s not a terribly long tour, and the props are kind of cheesy-looking, but the tour guides are all practicing witches and we learned a lot of stuff on that tour that we really never knew before about the origins of witchcraft and such.

The Salem Witch Museum (by the big statue) has an audio/visual exhibit which is a lot like watching a version of “The Crucible” with paper-mache actors. However, afterward there is a walking tour (brief, but very interesting) of how witchcraft started out and why the witch on a broom has over the years become most people’s idea of witchcraft… and what modern witchcraft is all about.

I’m sure there’s non-witch related stuff to do in Salem as well, but my mom and I focused only on that stuff so anything else I can’t really help you with.

Have fun, whenever you go!