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Boston is the capital city of Massachusetts and the largest city in New England. Located in Suffolk County on Massachusetts Bay, the area was settled in 1630 and became the capital of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1632. Today, Bostonians welcome more than 10 million visitors annually and tourism is one of Boston's major industries. The city hosts several major sports teams including the Bruins (ice hockey), Red Sox (baseball), and Celtics (basketball). Events include the Boston Wine Festival, Applefest, Boston Festival of Bands, Oktoberfest, Caribbean Carnival, and the Boston Folk Festival.

African Meeting House

46 Joy St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 742-1854

A three-story building dedicated in 1806, was the center for black community activities, and is said to be the oldest standing black church building in the United States.

Arnold Arboretum

Arborway in Jamaica Plain

Boston

Massachusetts

(616) 524-1718

A 265-acre park that contains 5,000 kinds of trees from the northern temperate regions.

Bay State Cruises

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Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 727-7676

Offers narrated trips to Fort Warren.

Boston Common, The

borders Beacon, Charles, Boylston, Tremont and Park Sts.

Boston

Massachusetts

The oldest public park in the country.

Boston Public Library

666 Boylston St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 536-5400

The library has an extensive collection of rare book and manuscripts; besides this it also has exhibits of famous paintings.

Boston Tea Party Ship and Museum, The

Congress Street Bridge on Harbor Walk

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 338-1773

The museum has created a replica of the events during the time and the ship where the tea was dumped.

Bull & Finch Pub ("Cheers")

84 Beacon St.

Boston

Massachusetts

This the neighborhood bar where they got the idea for the popular television series "Cheers" and it is also the place "where everybody knows your name."

Bunker Hill Monument

Monument Sq.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 242-5641

The monument represents where the Battle of Bunker Hill took place in June 17, 1775.

Charles Hayden Planetarium, The

Science Park

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 723-2500

The plantetarium shows films about the stars, planets and other phenomena of the universe.

Charles River

SRs 9 and 128

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 727-0488

A reservation that is extended along both sides of the Charles River and within this 961-acre reservation there are plenty of recreational things to do.

Charles River Dam Visitors' Information Center, The

Charles River Dam, 250 Warren Ave., Charlestown

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 727-0488

This visitor center shows the operations of the Charles River Dam in a 12-minute multimedia presentation.

Charlestown Navy Yard

Located off I-93 in Charlestown

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 242-5601

Built in 1800, it is now part of Boston National Historical Park, but it served as a repair and depot for 174 year.

Children's Museum of Boston

300 Congress St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 426-8855

A designed for your children's fun and education.

Christian Science Church Center, The

175 Huntington Ave.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 450-3790

Sponsored by The First Church of Christ, Scientist it is several buildings.

Computer Museum

Museum Wharf, 300 Congress St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617)423-6758 or 426-2800

The museum offers over 170 interactive exhibits that tell about the information revolution.

Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall Sq., Merchants Row

Boston

Massachusetts

(617)523-1300 or 338-2323

Built in 1742 and rebuilt in 1763 after a fire two years before, the building is known as the "Cradle of Liberty." The hall also has a military museum and paintings of notable battles.

First and Second Church in Boston, The

66 Marlborough St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 267-6730

A Gothic Steeple from the former 1868 edifice, designed by Paul Rudolph in 1972.

Fort Warren

Reached by Ferry from Long Wharf, Georges Island, Boston Harbor Islands State Park

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 727-5250

The fort can be reached by ferry from Long Wharf and was built from 1834-60. It was used during the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World War I and II.

Gibson House Museum

137 Beacon St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 267-6338

A Boston Brownstone built in 1859, with Victorian furnishings.

Government Center

The old Scollay Sq. site

Boston

Massachusetts

The complex surrounds the city, state, and federal buildings, as wwell as shops and stores.

Granary Burying Ground

Tremont St.

Boston

Massachusetts

Established in 1660, the burying grounds hold three signers of the Declaration of Independence and some other important figures of the past.

Harrison Gray Otis House

141 Cambridge St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 227-3956

Designed in 1796 by Charles Bulfinch for Harrison Gray Otis, a lawyer and Boston's third mayor. It has been refurbished in the style of the early 1800s, and is now the headquarters of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.

Institute of Contemporary Art

955 Boylston St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 266-5152

Found in 1936, the building is the first noncollecting contemporary art institution in the country.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

280 Fenway

Boston

Massachusetts

(617)566-1401 or 734-1359

The museum exhibits works by artists such as Titian and Rembrandt in a Venetian palace-type setting reminiscent of the 14th century.

John Hancock Observatory

St. James Ave. and Trinity Pl.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 572-6429

This view at 740 feet is said to be the highest vantage point in all of New England, and the view extends past the city and as far as the mountains of sothern New Hampshire.

King's Chapel

Tremont and School Sts.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 523-1749

The first Anglican church in New England was built in 1754 on top of the original site which had been built in 1689. Later, it became the first Unitarian church.

King's Chapel Burying Ground

Tremont and School Sts, King's Chapel

Boston

Massachusetts

One of Boston's oldest burying grounds constaining some of America's famous people.

Louisburg Square

Beacon Hill, between Mount Vernon and Pinckney Sts.

Boston

Massachusetts

Contains an English courtyard atmosphere.

Mapparium

175 untington Ave, The Christian Science Church

Boston

Massachusetts

A 30-foot stained globe, representing the scope of the Christian Science Publishing Society.

Massachusetts Horticultural Society

300 Massachusetts Ave.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 536-9280

The society holds a major horticultural library.

Mother Church, The

175 Huntington Ave., The Christian Science Church

Boston

Massachusetts

The chuch is the world headquarters of the Christian Science Church.

Mugar Theater

Science Park

Boston, The

Massachusetts

(617) 723-2500

The theater holds a four-story, domed screen that creates a wraparound effect.

Multimedia Bible Exhibit

101 Belvidere St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 450-3732

The Bible exhibit presents a nondenominational presentation about the Bible.

Museum at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, The

Tech University of Massachusetts, Morrissey Blvd.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 929-4523

The museum for our 35th president of the United States John F. Kennedy serves as a memorial to him and it also contains information about his life.

Museum of Science

Science Park

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 723-2500

The museum contains more than 450 interactive exhibits about natural history, physical science, medicine, adn astronomy.

Museum of the Fine Arts

465 Huntington Ave.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 267-9300

The Museum of the Fine Arts contains nearly 200 galleries of art and also houses some of the greatest paintings of the century.

Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists

300 Walnut Ave.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 442-8614

The museum is housed in a neo-Gothic mansion that offers changing exhibits by various black artists worldwide.

New England Aquarium

Central Wharf, off Atlantic Ave.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 973-5200

The aquarium exhibits more than 12,000 fish and aquatic animals ranging from penguins to piranhas.

New England Historic Genealogical Society

101 Newbury St., corner of Clarendon St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 536-5740

The society houses at a research library that hold records of vital statistics, manuscripts and histories of families from several countries around the world.

Nichols House Museum

55 Mount Vernon St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 227-6993

This Federal-style house on Beacon Hill was the formal home of Rose Standish Nichols, a prominent Bostonian. The house holds the Nichols' 16th to 19th century furnishings showing their wealth and privilege during the times.

Old North Church

193 Salem St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 523-6676

Built in 1723, the church is the oldest church building in Boston and it has the first peal (bells) on this continent, some of the oldest in the world. This is the site where a sexton displayed two lanterns from a steeple to signal the departure of the British from Boston.

Old South Meeting House

310 Washington St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 482-6439

Built as a Puritan church, in 1729, it was the site of many town meetings preceding the Revolutionary War. You can see a multimedia presentation exploring Boston's history.

Old State House

Washington St., at State St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 720-3290

Built on the site of the old 1657 Town House, the Old State House was built in 1713, and is Boston's oldest public building. In 1780 John Hancock was inaugurated at the state house as the first governor of the commonwealth.

Park Street Church

Park and Tremont Sts.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 523-3383

The site where William Lloyd Garrison's first antislavery address in 1829 and the church was built in 1809.

Paul Revere House

19 North Sq.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 523-2338

This is the oldest downtown building in Boston and built about 1680. Paul Revere owned this house between 1770-1800, and it still contains 17th and 18th-century furnishings and memorabilia.

Prudential Center

between Huntington Ave. and Boylston St.

Boston

Massachusetts

This 52-story complex is Boston's first unified business, civic and residential development.

Prudential Tower Skywalk

50th floor

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 859-0648

The tower offers a panorama view of the city and the suburbs.

Public Garden

bordered by Boylston, Charles, Beacon and Arlington Sts.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 522-1966

The garden is landscaped and accented with statuary.

Shirley-Eustis House, The

33 Shirley St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 442-2275

Built in 1747 in the Palladian style for Royal Colonial governor William Shirley and later it served the former Massachusetts governor William Eustis. It is now restored and remodeled in the Federal style.

Soldiers' Monument

On Dorchester Heights

Boston

Massachusetts

A monument representing where George Washington drove the British form Boston on March 17, 1776.

State House

Beacon St., head of Park St.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 727-3676

Part of the original brick front section still remains, and built in 1798, it was designed by Charles Bulfinch. Inside the state house there are statues, historical paintings, transparencies of battle flags and war relics.

Trinity Church

Copley Sq.

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 536-0944

The Romanesque church was consecrated in 1877 and designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, considered to his greatest architectural work.

USS Constitution Museum

Charlestown Navy Yard

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 426-1812

The museum has exhibits that let their visitors command Old Ironsides and there is a 3-hour tour that covers a cruise of the Boston Harbor, the museum, and the USS Constitution.

USS Constitution, The

Pier 1, Charlestown Navy Yard

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 242-5670

The 54-gun frigate was launched in 1797 at Edmund Hartt's Shipyard against the French, and scored undying fame and got the nickname Old Ironsides.

Whites of Their Eyes

Bunker Hill Pavilion, on the Freedon Trail, Next to the USS Constitution in Charlestown

Boston

Massachusetts

(617) 241-7575

A multimedia reenactment of the Battle of Bunker.

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