Sights & Attractions in Boston

Fodor's Choice Sights in Boston

Name	Category	Location

Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University This 265-acre living laboratory is incongruously set in a dense...	Gardens / Arboretums	Boston Outskirts

Boston Common Nothing is more central to Boston than the Common, the oldest...	Parks	Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End

Boston Public Garden Although the Boston Public Garden is often lumped together with...	Gardens / Arboretums	Back Bay and the South End

Bunker Hill Monument Three misunderstandings surround this famous monument. First...	Military Sites	Charlestown

Children's Museum Most children have so much fun here that they don't realize they're...	Museums / Galleries	Downtown Boston


Fenway Park For 86 years, the Boston Red Sox suffered a World Series dry...	Sports Venues	The Fenway

Granary Burying Ground "It is a fine thing to die in Boston," A. C. Lyons, an essayist...	Cemeteries	Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End

Harvard Museum of Natural History Many museums promise something for every member of the family...	Museums / Galleries	Cambridge

Harvard Square Tides of students, tourists, political-cause proponents, and...	Squares	Cambridge

Holocaust Memorial At night its six 50-foot-high glass-and-steel towers glow like...	Memorials / Monuments	Government Center and the North End

Institute of Contemporary Art Housed in a breathtaking cantilevered edifice that juts out over...	Museums / Galleries	Boston Outskirts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum A spirited young society woman, Isabella Stewart had come in...	Museums / Galleries	The Fenway

Museum of African American History Ever since runaway slave Crispus Attucks became one of the famous...	Museums / Galleries	Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End

Museum of Fine Arts Count on staying a while if you have any hope of seeing what's...	Museums / Galleries	The Fenway

Museum of Science With 15-foot lightning bolts in the Theater of Electricity and...	Museums / Galleries	Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End

New England Aquarium This aquarium challenges you to really imagine life under and...	Zoos / Aquariums	Downtown Boston

Old North Church Standing at one end of the Paul Revere Mall is a church famous...	Religious Sites	Government Center and the North End

USS Constitution Better known as "Old Ironsides," the USS Constitution rides proudly...	Military Sites	Charlestown
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