Once crammed into a tiny building in Back Bay, the ICA moved to its spacious new home in late 2006, and is now the cultural cornerstone of the waterfront. With its 65,000sq ft...

BHC offers a variety of themed sightseeing, entertainment and meal cruises, as well as whale-watching excursions (call for seasonal schedules).

While District sits apart from most of the Leather District's foot traffic, after work and on weekends the place really picks up - and it's no mystery why. In a town not taken...

In the La Corbusier-designed Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, the ground-floor main gallery and the Sert Gallery on the third floor host regular exhibitions by prominent...

As unique as its founder, the eccentric socialite and patron of the arts who was the inspiration for Isabel Archer in Henry James's Portrait of a Lady, the Gardner museum is a...

It's polished, it's chic, it's packed with designer-clad South Enders swirling wine goblets and nibbling on pâté, it's… a butcher's shop? Yes, indeed - as well as a cosy...

This local lager, named after the brewer-turned-Revolutionary leader, is on tap around the city and beyond. Brewery tours allow you to follow the beer-making process, from the...

The arboretum, one of the world's leading centres for plant study, was established in 1872. In a beautiful, 265-acre park setting, this living museum is administered by Harvard...

One could refer to the rooftop deck of the Baseball Tavern as the 'cheap seats' - you can kinda sorta see Fenway's Jumbotron - but to do so would be to downplay the three...

Perched on a windy stretch of Columbus Avenue, this greasy spoon (established in 1927) is pure bygone Americana. Chrome stools literally on their last legs line the counter,...

On busy Mass Ave, a few miles north of Harvard Square, this lovely Greek Revival house was constructed in 1882. It offers 16 rooms, furnished in a somewhat fussy - but lovely...

America's oldest restaurant, established in 1826, may be targeted at tourists - as is every establishment within a block of Faneuil Hall - but as long as you turn a blind eye...

Built in 1680 - making it the oldest surviving structure in downtown Boston - the Paul Revere House was constructed on the site of the parsonage that was home to Puritan...

The location for this charming hotel couldn't be lovelier: on Beacon Hill's pretty main drag, steps away from the Common and Public Garden, and a short stroll to Back Bay....