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Acorn Street
Surely the most photographed street in the city, Acorn is Ye Olde... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Appalachian Mountain Club
The bowfront mansion that serves as the headquarters of one of... |
Educational Institutions | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Arlington Street Church
Opposite the Park Square corner of the Public Garden, this church... |
Religious Sites | Back Bay and the South End |
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
This 265-acre living laboratory is incongruously set in a dense... |
Gardens / Arboretums | Boston Outskirts |
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Back Bay Mansions
If you like nothing better than to imagine how the other half... |
Houses / Mansions | Back Bay and the South End |
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Bay Village
This pocket of early-19th-century brick row houses, near Arlington... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Back Bay and the South End |
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Beacon Street
Some New Englanders believe that wealth is a burden to be borne... |
Architectural Sites | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Benjamin Franklin Statue/Boston Latin School
This stop on the Freedom Trail commemorates the famous revolutionary... |
Public Art (Mural / Sculpture / Statue) | Downtown Boston |
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Blackstone Block
Between North and Hanover streets, near the Haymarket, lies the... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Government Center and the North End |
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Boston Athenaeum
It was William Tudor, one of the cofounders of the Boston Athenaeum... |
Libraries | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Boston Center for the Arts
Of Boston's multiple arts organizations, this city-sponsored... |
Arts / Performance Venues | Back Bay and the South End |
Boston Common
Nothing is more central to Boston than the Common, the oldest... |
Parks | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Boston Common Visitor Information Center
This center, run by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors... |
Information Centers | Beacon Hill, Boston Common, and the Old West End |
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Boston Massacre Site
Directly in front of the Old State House a circle of cobblestones... |
Memorials / Monuments | Downtown Boston |
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Boston Opera House
Originally the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre in the days of vaudeville... |
Arts / Performance Venues | Downtown Boston |
Boston Public Garden
Although the Boston Public Garden is often lumped together with... |
Gardens / Arboretums | Back Bay and the South End |
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Boston Public Library
This venerable institution is a handsome temple to literature... |
Libraries | Back Bay and the South End |
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum
After a lengthy renovation, the museum is, as of this writing... |
Museums / Galleries | Downtown Boston |
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Boston Tea Party Site
The Boston Tea Party occurred on Atlantic Avenue near Congress... |
Memorials / Monuments | Downtown Boston |
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Boylston Street
Less posh than Newbury Street, this broad thoroughfare is the... |
Neighborhoods / Streets | Back Bay and the South End |
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Brattle House
This 18th-century, gambrel-roof Colonial once belonged to the... |
Houses / Mansions | Cambridge |
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Brattle Theatre
Occupying a squat, barnlike building from 1890, the Brattle Theatre... |
Arts / Performance Venues | Cambridge |
Bunker Hill Monument
Three misunderstandings surround this famous monument. First... |
Military Sites | Charlestown |
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