/Travel The 12aycliance Approach Salem's Bewitching Attractions The RAYDIANCE Approach is designed for individuals who want added fullness for thinning hair. were detained. As we looked at the cells and the visual displays, our guide Special to The Jewish News gave us a detailed explanation of the climate of hysteria and the grim one of the oldest towns in the is description of prisoners' lives in the U.S., a coastal city with an hair RAYDIANCE dungeon. The method blends unmatched collection of 17th to The Salem Witch Museum also uses fibers with your existing hair so that 19th century homes, a lively vivid presentation to educate visitors. waterfront area, many museums and a your hair becomes fuller while We sat in a darkened room as spooky classic New England town common. retaining a completely natural look. music played and the room went com- But despite these many attractions, pletely black with a spotlight illuminat- what makes Salem famous throughout ing the first of a series of wall panels. the world is one chapter in its 300-year Together with recorded narration, these history: the infamous witch trials of panels covered the history of the witch The ultimate RAYDIANCE benefit is a 1692. hunt and trials in a dramatic style. Salem residents know this well. natural and fashionable solution to The narrator referred often to "hys- They understand that when visitors thin hair. teria" and "witch mania." We learned come to their town, which is just 16 that the state of Massachusetts had miles north of Boston, they are fasci- once decreed a fast in repentance for nated about the witch trials. And the the Salem witch trials. At the end, the town which hosts over one million visi- "Come and See" what Novi's Women's narrator gave tors a year satisfies Photo by Ruth Rovner International show was talking about. perspective this curiosity in var- when he said: ious ways. 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News. the wealth of authentic Colonial and Then there's the Crow House, a ANTIQUE JEWELRY SILVER COINS Federal style homes. In the Peabody shop run by Laurie Cabot, the town's POCKET WATCHES GOLD COINS Museum, we found well-detailed COIN COLLECTIONS official witch. And there's Haunted TIFFANY exhibits on Salem's impressive maritime ROLEX WATCHES LINCOLN FRANKLIN MINT Happenings, the 10-day Halloween STICK PINS history: portraits of Salem sea captains, STERLING SILVER extravaganza when vampires and sor- Mercury PASSION FOR THE ROADTm BROACHES displays of ships' bells, exotic treasures SILVER DOLLARS cerers take to the streets, witches' brew HUMMELS ANTIQUE SILVER from the glory days when Salem was is served in restaurants, and tourists SILVER BARS FLATWARE SETS one of the nation's major seaports and walk the Witch Trial Trail by candle- DIAMONDS CANDLESTICKS GIL PRATT its captains traded in the Far East. GEMSTONES PAPER MONEY light. 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