Where the coast curves and Beef Country heads north.
Beverly and Marblehead both claim to be the birthplace of the American Navy.
Two peninsulas, Marblehead Neck and Nahant, reach out to sea, and there are five lighthouses between Marblehead, Salem and Beverly. Every summer the harbors fill with sailboats, alongside the lobster boats.
Along Route 1A, one town rolls into the next, each with a shop that swears it’s famous, the best, or both. Lynn’s Red Rocks mark the shoreline before the road curves through Swampscott and Fisherman’s Beach, birthplace of the lobster trap.
In Salem, tourists trace the witch trials, tour the House of the Seven Gables, or spend an afternoon at the Peabody Essex Museum. Afterward, locals point them to the nearest Beef counter.
Around the region
Head inland and Danvers shifts from ocean views to green space at Endicott Park. Peabody opens to orchards and wide fields at Brooksby Farm, while Saugus keeps its roots in the Iron Works and Breakheart Reservation.
Out on Nahant, the Forty Steps lead down to the rocks, and Middleton has a tree that’s about 400 years old.
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