Boston Attractions

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Old North Church & Historic Site

Boston's oldest church building, opened in 1723, where the two lanterns hung on April 18, 1775; stop 13 on the Freedom Trail, Discovery Pass...

Central Wharf aquarium built around a four-story, 200,000-gallon Caribbean reef tank, with penguins and a touch tank; Blue Line at the door,...

I.M. Pei's 1979 presidential library and museum on Columbia Point, tracing John F. Kennedy's life and the presidency; open daily, adults $24...

Contemporary art in a cantilevered Diller Scofidio + Renfro building on the Seaport waterfront; $20 adults, free 18 and under and on Thursda...

A one-hour guided tour with costumed interpreters on the Congress Street Bridge, near where the 1773 Tea Party happened; general admission f...

Harvard's free 281-acre arboretum in Jamaica Plain, part of the Emerald Necklace, with more than 15,000 plants; open daily sunrise to sunset...

The gold-domed seat of Massachusetts government since 1798, designed by Charles Bulfinch; free weekday tours, closed weekends and holidays.

Quincy Market's food hall and more than 80 businesses around Faneuil Hall, the free National Park Service meeting hall on the Freedom Trail.

America's first public botanical garden, founded in 1837: 24 free Victorian acres beside Boston Common, with Make Way for Ducklings and the...

Freedom Trail walking tours, harbor and whale-watching cruises and museum tickets in Boston, bookable on Viator.

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Things to do

Freedom Trail walking tourSmall-group guided walk, about 2.5 hours
Duck boat tourCity sights by road, then a Charles River cruise
Boston Harbor sightseeing cruise90 minutes from Rowes Wharf, past the skyline and the USS Constitution