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History is all around in America's oldest city, but there's a lot going on in modern Beantown too. Boston is often called the most European of U.S. cities owing to its walkable scale and human-sized Victorian and Colonial buildings, its bookish mien, acres of public parks, and lively café-restaurant culture. The city has also derived a great part of its identity from the many universities and colleges based here and in Cambridge including, of course, the hallowed Ivy League Harvard. Lots of Boston highlights can be taken in on foot in a day or two—Boston Common, the country's oldest park; the Victorians of Back Bay, the mansions of Beacon Hill, and all the sights along the Freedom Trail. The Freedom Trail can be considered a capsule guide to what not to miss.
City-center Boston Common is the oldest public park in the country. Cattle grazed here between 1634 and 1830, but today, its rolling green hills and...more
Put your skepticism aside: This tour of Boston on a WWII amphibious vehicle is actually fun and informative. The brightly colored Ducks motor around the city,...more
Just a seven-mile ferryboat ride across the Boston Harbor, this little-known national park makes a great day trip on a sunny summer day. The park extends to 34...more
Even Yankees fans agree that there's something special about seeing a ball game at Fenway Park. First opened in 1912, it's one of the smallest stadiums in the...more
Bostonians display a similar devotion to the Boston Symphony Orchestra as they do to their beloved Red Sox. When renowned conductor Seiji Ozawa left for Vienna...more
Billing itself as "Boston's Left Bank," Cambridge is an academic center, a technological corridor, and a vibrant, multicultural city located just across the...more
More popular with locals than tourists, the DeCordova is off the beaten track by virtue of its location, about 16 miles west of Boston in the picturesque town...more
Winding around 16 historical sites, the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail is a good introduction to Boston history—and also to the city's sometimes-complicated...more
Founded in 1936, the ICA showcases work by the likes of Nan Goldin, Mona Hatoum, Paul Chan, and Julian Opie (major exhibitions rotate three times per year)....more
Isabella Stewart Gardner was an heiress and something of a black sheep of late-19th- and early-20th-century Boston society: She was a rabid Red Sox and...more
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