Asylums of Massachusetts

A driving tour of five historic 19th-century state hospitals, from a Gothic hilltop that inspired horror fiction to a campus reborn as a neighborhood

Danvers after dark is not the Danvers of the daytime crowds. This walk takes the darker route. Five stops over 239.2 miles, about nine hours of driving. Each one starts talking the moment you reach it, so you can keep your eyes on the street instead of a screen.

Of the four MassRoam tours in Danvers, this is the haunted one. There is no start time to make — walk it in one go, or leave the rest for another afternoon.