List of tourist attractions in Boston

Copley Square

The following is a list of tourist attractions in Boston, Massachusetts . Some sites appear in multiple lists.

Historic sites and national parks

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Boston, Massachusetts and National Register of Historic Places listings in Suffolk County, Massachusetts

Paul Revere House

• Black Heritage Trail
• Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
• Boston National Historical Park
• Castle Island
• Custom House Tower
• Dorchester Heights Monument
• Freedom Trail – marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground
  • Boston Common (including Boston Public Garden)
  • Bunker Hill Monument
  • Faneuil Hall (Quincy Market is adjacent)
  • Granary Burying Ground
  • Massachusetts State House
  • Old North Church
  • Old State House
  • Paul Revere House
  • USS Constitution
• Old City Hall

Museums, aquariums, and zoos

Boston's Museum of Science

Main article: List of museums in Boston, Massachusetts

• Boston Athenæum – one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States
• Boston Children's Museum
• Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum – on the Fort Point Channel, includes a full-scale replica of the Eleanor and Beaver, two of the ships involved in the event
• Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate – specialty museum with a full-scale reproduction of the U.S. Senate Chamber
• Franklin Park Zoo
• Gibson House Museum
• Harrison Gray Otis House
• Institute of Contemporary Art - contemporary art museum located on the South Boston waterfront
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – art museum focusing on European art
• John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – presidential library
• The Mary Baker Eddy Library and Mapparium – cultural and historical museum/library
• Museum of Fine Arts – art museum
• Museum of Science – science museum, including an IMAX theater and planetarium
• New England Aquarium
• Nichols House Museum
• Old South Meeting House
• Old State House
• Prescott House
• USS Cassin Young – decorated Fletcher-class destroyer from World War II
• USS Constitution Museum – a hands-on museum that collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Old Ironsides
• Warren Anatomical Museum

Neighborhoods and districts

Main article: Neighborhoods in Boston

See also: Category:Neighborhoods in Boston

Parks and squares

See also: Emerald Necklace

Charles River Esplanade

• Arnold Arboretum
• Boston Common
• Boston Public Garden
• Charles River and Esplanade
• Copley Square
• Kenmore Square
• Garden of Peace
• Rose Kennedy Greenway

Performing arts centers

• Boston Opera House
• Citi Performing Arts Center
• Cutler Majestic Theatre
• Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music
• Symphony Hall – home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra

Religious buildings

Old North Church

"Cheers" on Beacon Hill

• Cathedral Church of St. Paul - Episcopal church
• Cathedral of the Holy Cross - Roman Catholic church
• Old North Church - Episcopal church
• Old South Church - United Church of Christ church
• The First Church of Christ, Scientist - Christian Science
• Trinity Church, Back Bay, an Episcopal church
• First Church in Boston, Back Bay, Unitarian Universalist church designed by Paul Rudolph

Restaurants and pubs

• Bull & Finch Pub – whose building is known from the television show Cheers
• Legal Sea Foods – well known seafood restaurant with 11 locations in Boston
• Union Oyster House – oldest restaurant in the United States

Shopping areas

• Copley Place
• Downtown Crossing
• Newbury Street
• Prudential Center
• Quincy Market – part of the larger Faneuil Hall Marketplace

Sports arenas and stadiums

Fenway Park

• Agganis Arena at Boston University
• Fenway Park – home of the Boston Red Sox
• Harvard Stadium
• Suffolk Downs
• Nickerson Field
• TD Garden – home of the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics, formerly named the FleetCenter, this arena replaced the Boston Garden in 1995

Tours

• Boston By Foot – offers guided architectural and historical walking tours of various Boston neighborhoods, including Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the North End, and the Freedom Trail
• Boston Duck Tours – guided-tour that uses World War II-era duck boats
• Boston HarborWalk – tour designed to allow people to walk the entire shore of Boston Harbor ^[1]
• Harpoon Brewery – free beer samples
• Samuel Adams Brewery – free guided tour of the brewery demonstrating each step of the beer making process and ending with samplings of different varieties

Other

• Autumn foliage – in the outer suburbs of Boston, whose vibrant color attracts many tourists ^[2]

Notes

1. "The Boston Harborwalk". The Boston Harbor Association and Boston Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original on March 2, 2010. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
2. "Foliage in Massachusetts". Visit New England. Retrieved April 17, 2009.

References

• Jones, Howard Mumford; Jones, Bessie Zaban (1975). The Many Voices of Boston: A Historical Anthology 1630–1975. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. ISBN   0-316-47282-4.
• Rambow, John D.; et al. (2003). Fodor's Boston. New York: Fodors Travel Publication. ISBN   1-4000-1028-4.

External links

• Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
• "An Interactive Map of Literary Boston: 1794–1862" (Exhibition). Forgotten Chapters of Boston's Literary History. The Trustees of Boston College. March 28 – July 30, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.