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Blue Hills Trailside MuseumAt the foot of Great Blue Hill, a 20-minute drive south of Boston, this museum is fun for all ages a... More
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Boston AthenæumBoth a private library and an art gallery, the Athenæum lets you take an insider's peek at Bos... More
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Boston Children's MuseumAs you approach the Children's Museum, look for the 40-foot-high red-and-white milk bottle out front... More
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Boston CommonIn 1634, when their settlement was just 4 years old, the town fathers paid the Rev. William Blacksto... More
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Boston Massacre SiteA ring of cobblestones on a traffic island marks the location of the skirmish that helped consolidat... More
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Boston Public LibraryThe central branch of the city's library system is an architectural and intellectual monument. The o... More
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Bunker Hill MonumentThe 221-foot granite obelisk, a landmark that's visible from miles away, honors the memory of the co... More
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Copp's Hill Burying GroundThe second-oldest cemetery (1659) in the city is the burial place of Cotton Mather and his family, R... More
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Faneuil HallBuilt in 1742 (and enlarged using a Charles Bulfinch design in 1805), this building was a gift to Bo... More
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Faneuil Hall MarketplaceSince Boston's most popular attraction opened in 1976, cities all over the country have imitated its... More
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First Public School/Benjamin Franklin StatueA colorful folk-art mosaic in the sidewalk marks the site of the first public school in the country.... More
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Franklin Park ZooThe Franklin Park Zoo is an enjoyable, engaging attraction but not a can't-miss experience -- mostly... More
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Gibson House MuseumThe Gibson House is an 1859 brownstone that embodies the word "Victorian." Forget you've ever heard ... More
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Harvard Museum of Natural History These fascinating museums house the university's collections of items and artifacts related to the ... More
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Harvard University Art MuseumsThe collections of the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum... More
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Frommer's content excerpted from Frommer's Boston 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.
