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

Historic sites and national parks

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  • 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

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  • 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
  • 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

Parks and squares

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  • 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

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right|thumb|"Cheers" on [[Beacon Hill, Boston|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

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  • 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
  • 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

Notes

References

  • Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau