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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.
Located right on Boston Harbor on Central Wharf, the New England Aquarium is home to animals from both the northeast region and around the world. Atlantic...more
Housed in a modern building at the mouth of the Charles River with views of the Boston skyline, the Museum of Science is one of the best of its kind. Kids love...more
Think of the MFA as a mini-Met: This grand, neoclassical building, opened in 1909, holds American and European paintings from the 7th century to the present...more
The JFK Library, which opened in 1979 in an I.M. Pei–designed building, is dedicated to the study of the 35th president's life and work, and houses his...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
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). But...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
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
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
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
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