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Acorn Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Surely the most photographed street in the city, Acorn is Ye...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Appalachian Mountain Club Be the First to Rate It The bowfront mansion that serves as the headquarters of one of...	Educational Institutions	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Arlington Street Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| Opposite the Park Square corner of the Public Garden, this church...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Be the First to Rate It Map \| This 265-acre living laboratory is incongruously set in a dense...	Gardens / Arboretums	Jamaica Plain

Arthur M. Sackler Museum Be the First to Rate It Map \| The artistic treasures of the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Back Bay Mansions Be the First to Rate It Map \| If you like nothing better than to imagine how the other half...	Houses / Mansions	Back Bay

Bay Village Be the First to Rate It Map \| It seems improbable that such a fine, mellow neighborhood (Edgar...	Neighborhoods / Streets	South End

Beacon Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Some New Englanders believe wealth is a burden to be borne with...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Blackstone Block Be the First to Rate It Map \| Between North and Hanover streets, near the Haymarket, lies the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Government Center

Boston Athenaeum Be the First to Rate It Map \| One of the cofounders of the Boston Athenaeum is credited with...	Libraries	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Boston Center for the Arts Be the First to Rate It Map \| Of Boston's multiple arts organizations, this city-sponsored...	Arts / Performance Venues	South End

Boston Common Be the First to Rate It Map \| Nothing is more central to Boston than the Common, the oldest...	Parks	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Boston Common Visitor Information Center Be the First to Rate It Map \| This center, run by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors...	Information Centers	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Boston Massacre Site Be the First to Rate It Map \| Directly in front of the Old State House a circle of cobblestones...	Memorials / Monuments	Downtown

Boston Opera House Be the First to Rate It Map \| Originally the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre in the days...	Arts / Performance Venues	Downtown

Boston Public Garden Be the First to Rate It Map \| Although the Boston Public Garden is often lumped together with...	Gardens / Arboretums	Back Bay

Boston Public Library Be the First to Rate It Map \| This venerable institution is a handsome temple to literature...	Gardens / Arboretums	Back Bay

Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum Be the First to Rate It Map \| After a lengthy renovation, the museum is, as of this writing...	Nautical Sites	Downtown

Boston Tea Party Site Be the First to Rate It Map \| The Boston Tea Party occurred on Atlantic Avenue near Congress...	Memorials / Monuments	Downtown

Boylston Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Less posh than Newbury Street, this broad thoroughfare is the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Back Bay

Brattle House Be the First to Rate It Map \| This 18th-century, gambrel-roof Colonial once belonged to the...	Houses / Mansions	Cambridge

Brattle Theatre Be the First to Rate It Map \| Occupying a squat, barnlike building from 1890, the Brattle Theatre...	Arts / Performance Venues	Cambridge

Bunker Hill Monument Be the First to Rate It Map \| Three misunderstandings surround this famous monument. First...	Military Sites	Charlestown

Cambridge Be the First to Rate It Map \| Volunteers at this kiosk outside the MBTA station entrance hand...	Information Centers	Cambridge

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts Be the First to Rate It Map \| This gravity-defying mass of concrete and glass, built in 1963...	Arts / Performance Venues	Cambridge

Castle Island Park Be the First to Rate It Map \| South Boston projects farther into the harbor than any other...	Parks	South Boston

Cathedral Church of St. Paul Be the First to Rate It Map \| Though it looks a bit like a bank, St. Paul's is actually the...	Religious Sites	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Cathedral of the Holy Cross Be the First to Rate It Map \| This enormous 1875 Gothic cathedral dominates the corner of Washington...	Religious Sites	South End

Charles Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Chockablock with antiques shops, clothing boutiques, small restaurants...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Charlestown Navy Yard Be the First to Rate It Map \| A National Park Service Historic Site since it was decommissioned...	Nautical Sites	Charlestown

Chestnut Street Be the First to Rate It Map \| Delicacy and grace characterize virtually every structure on...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Beacon Hill and Boston Common

Children's Museum Be the First to Rate It Map \| Most children have so much fun here that they don't realize they're...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown

Chinatown Be the First to Rate It Map \| Boston's Chinatown may seem small, but it's said to be the third...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Downtown

Christ Church Be the First to Rate It Map \| This modest, gray, clapboard structure was designed in 1761 by...	Religious Sites	Cambridge

Christopher Columbus Park Be the First to Rate It Map \| It's a short stroll from the Financial District to a view of...	Parks	Downtown

Church of the Covenant Be the First to Rate It Map \| This 1867 Gothic Revival church at the corner of Newbury and...	Religious Sites	Back Bay

City Hall Be the First to Rate It Map \| Over the years, various plans -- involving gardens, restaurants...	Government Buildings	Government Center

Combat Zone Be the First to Rate It Map \| The borders of Chinatown continue to expand, encroaching steadily...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Downtown

Commonwealth Avenue Mall Be the First to Rate It Map \| The mall that extends down the middle of the Back Bay's Commonwealth...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Back Bay

Copley Place Be the First to Rate It Map \| Two bold intruders dominate Copley Square -- the John Hancock...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay

Copley Square Be the First to Rate It Map \| Every April thousands find a glimpse of Copley Square the most...	Squares	Back Bay

Copp's Hill Burying Ground Be the First to Rate It Map \| An ancient and melancholy air hovers like a fine mist over this...	Cemeteries	North End

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