Sights & Attractions in Boston

Things to Do in Back Bay and the South End

Name	Category	Location

Arlington Street Church Opposite the Park Square corner of the Public Garden, this church...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Back Bay Mansions If you like nothing better than to imagine how the other half...	Houses / Mansions	Back Bay and the South End

Bay Village This pocket of early-19th-century brick row houses, near Arlington...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Back Bay and the South End

Boston Center for the Arts Of Boston's multiple arts organizations, this city-sponsored...	Arts / Performance Venues	Back Bay and the South End

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


Boston Public Library This venerable institution is a handsome temple to literature...	Libraries	Back Bay and the South End

Boylston Street Less posh than Newbury Street, this broad thoroughfare is the...	Neighborhoods / Streets	Back Bay and the South End

Cathedral of the Holy Cross This enormous 1875 Gothic cathedral dominates the corner of Washington...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Church of the Covenant This 1867 Gothic Revival church at the corner of Newbury and...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Commonwealth Avenue Mall The mall that extends down the middle of the Back Bay's Commonwealth...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Back Bay and the South End

Copley Place Two bold intruders dominate Copley Square—the John Hancock...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay and the South End

Copley Square Every April thousands find a glimpse of Copley Square the most...	Squares	Back Bay and the South End

Emmanuel Church Built in 1860, this Back Bay brownstone Gothic Episcopal church...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Esplanade Near the corner of Beacon and Arlington streets, the Arthur Fiedler...	Promenades / Boardwalks	Back Bay and the South End

Exeter Street Theater This massive Romanesque structure was built in 1884 as a temple...	Architectural Sites	Back Bay and the South End

First Baptist Church This 1872 structure, at the corner of Clarendon Street and Commonwealth...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

First Church of Christ, Scientist The world headquarters of the Christian Science faith mixes the...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Gibson House Through the foresight of an eccentric bon vivant, this house...	Houses / Mansions	Back Bay and the South End

John Hancock Tower In the early 1970s, the tallest building in New England became...	Financial Institutions	Back Bay and the South End

Mary Baker Eddy Library for the Betterment of Humanity One of the largest single collections by and about an American...	Libraries	Back Bay and the South End

Massachusetts Historical Society The oldest historical society in the United States (founded in...	Libraries	Back Bay and the South End

New England Historic Genealogical Society Are you related to Miles Standish or Priscilla Alden? The answer...	Libraries	Back Bay and the South End

Newbury Street Eight-block-long Newbury Street has been compared to New York's...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay and the South End

Old South Church Members of the Old South Meeting House, of Tea Party fame, decamped...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Prudential Center The only rival to the John Hancock's claim on Boston's upper...	Stores / Malls	Back Bay and the South End

Rutland Square Reflecting a time when the South End was the most prestigious...	Squares	Back Bay and the South End

Symphony Hall Acoustics rather than aesthetics make this hall, the home of...	Arts / Performance Venues	Back Bay and the South End

Trinity Church In his 1877 masterpiece, architect Henry Hobson Richardson brought...	Religious Sites	Back Bay and the South End

Union Park Cast-iron fences, Victorian-era town houses, and a grassy area...	Parks	Back Bay and the South End
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