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A Trip to the Past in Winston-Salem

Before it was Old Salem, it was simply Salem, an outpost of religious freedom carved out of the North Carolina wilderness. Today, you can get a clear picture of life in Salem, nearly 250 years after the settlement’s founding. The buildings and gardens of today’s Old Salem have been lovingly preserved within sight of the office towers and crowded highways of Winston-Salem, the city that grew up around it...  read more »