This is actually two libraries. The original structure, designed by Charles McKim and completed in 1895, is now the research library, while an extension opened in 1972...

This 221ft granite obelisk commemorates the first major battle of the American Revolution. Technically speaking, it didn't go well for America: after a bloody conflict, the...

The Citi Center complex is the big daddy of all Boston theatres, encompassing the enormous 3,600-seat Wang Theatre and the smaller Shubert Theatre across the street. Originally...

The Citi Center complex is the big daddy of all Boston theatres, encompassing the enormous 3,600-seat Wang Theatre and the smaller Shubert Theatre across the street. Originally...

In business for more than a century, this old Irish charmer has long been popular with politicos. Times have changed, however; the room once named afer JFK's grandfather 'Honey...

As Faneuil Hall tourist traps go, this cheerfully creaky joint maintains surprising integrity. Plain old-fashioned Yankee cooking carries the day - as it has done every day for...

This little sister to New York's Plaza Hotel occupies a prime spot overlooking Copley Square, in the heart of Back Bay. Built in 1912, its mirrored and gilded lobby and...

Built for the city by the wealthy merchant Peter Faneuil in 1742, the hall was later remodelled by ubiquitous Boston architect Charles Bulfinch. It had a dual function as a...

Marriage proposals and six-figure deals are par for the course at chef-owner Frank McClelland's New French New England legend. Make that par for seven courses, rather: the main...

Some things never change. All carved mahogany and polished silver, stained glass and tinkling crystal, the dining room here looks much as it did when it opened 130-plus years...

Before a branch of Barneys opened in nearby Copley Place, this was Boston's answer to the hip New York designer temple. Occupying a detached mansion that once housed the Museum...

Designed by Bulfinch and completed in 1798, this magnificent structure replaced the old legislative building across Boston Common, which had been the headquarters of the...

Founded in 1870, the MFA moved from Copley Square to its current home, a neoclassical granite building on Huntington Avenue - the so-called 'Avenue of the Arts' - in 1909. The...