A standard-issue American shopping mall plus office complex hybrid, the 'Pru', as it's commonly known, is frequented by local workers and tourists alike. The mall forms the...

Built in the mid 1820s, when Boston's population was rapidly outgrowing the smaller marketplace in Faneuil Hall, Quincy Market was originally right on the harbour (the...

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...

This Georgian mansion, the only remaining house in America that was built by a royal colonial governor, is a National Historic Landmark. It went up between 1747 and 1751, and...

An imposing presence on Hanover Street, this Bulfinch-designed church wasn't built from scratch, but remodelled from an existing structure in 1804. Shortly thereafter, the...

What child could resist sitting in a swan? A part of Boston tourist history, these odd watercraft were created by designer Robert Paget in 1877, when the swan-drawn boat in the...

Bronze frogs, fish and lily pads adorn this fenced and gated playground by Boston Common's Frog Pond skating rink/sprinkler wading pool. The park has climbing frames and slides...

The whole family can have a peaceful tour of Boston Harbor on this traditional, square-rigged sailing ship, or, on Saturdays, experience a dramatic harbour battle, when the...

Here's proof that Boston really is at the centre of the universe, or at least the world. The Mapparium - the world's largest walk-in globe - is among the city's quirkiest...

The unabashedly ornate Trinity Church is the visual centrepiece of Copley Square. And now that a much-needed, $47 million restoration project is complete, its interior murals...