The final resting place for around 10,000 early Bostonians, this cemetery was created on the northernmost hill of the Shawmut Peninsula in 1659. Once the site of the...

Literary giants EE Cummings, Eugene O'Neill and Anne Sexton are all buried here, as is the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. The mile-long Contemporary Sculpture Path,...

So named because the adjacent Park Street Church was built on the site of a pre-Revolution storehouse for grain and supplies, the Granary Burying Ground is the third oldest...

The modest former home of the country's 35th president has been restored to its appearance at the time of his birth in 1917. It includes the earliest of presidential artefacts:...

Although the original King's Chapel - a small wooden structure - was built in the 1680s, the present one was designed by America's first architect, Peter Harrison, in 1754. The...

This is the final resting place for Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Charles Bulfinch and some 86,000 others. In fact, the cemetery is now so full that locals...

This extremely child-friendly museum is committed to providing an interactive and educational experience, making science accessible through a wealth of hands-on activities and...

One of the country's first cemeteries, the Old Burying Ground contains the remains of several early Puritan settlers as well as Revolutionary War veterans and victims.

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...

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...