# List of tourist attractions in Boston

The following is a list of tourist attractions in Boston, Massachusetts. Some sites appear in multiple lists.

## Historic sites and national parks

* Black Heritage Trail
* Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area
* Boston National Historical Park
* Castle Island
* Custom House Tower
* Dorchester Heights Monument
* Freedom Trail – marked by a red line of bricks embedded in the ground
** Boston Common (including Boston Public Garden)
** Bunker Hill Monument
** Faneuil Hall (Quincy Market is adjacent)
** Granary Burying Ground
** Massachusetts State House
** Old North Church
** Old State House
** Paul Revere House
** USS Constitution
* Old City Hall

## Museums, aquariums, and zoos

* Boston Athenæum – one of the oldest independent libraries in the United States
* Boston Children's Museum
* Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum – on the Fort Point Channel, includes a full-scale replica of the Eleanor and Beaver, two of the ships involved in the event
* Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate – specialty museum with a full-scale reproduction of the U.S. Senate Chamber
* Franklin Park Zoo
* Gibson House Museum
* Harrison Gray Otis House
* Institute of Contemporary Art
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – art museum focusing on European art
* John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum – presidential library
* The Mary Baker Eddy Library and Mapparium – cultural and historical museum/library
* Museum of Fine Arts – art museum
* Museum of Science – science museum, including an IMAX theater and planetarium
* New England Aquarium
* Nichols House Museum
* Old South Meeting House
* Old State House
* Prescott House
* USS Cassin Young – decorated Fletcher-class destroyer from World War II
* USS Constitution Museum – a hands-on museum that collects, preserves, and interprets the history of Old Ironsides
* Warren Anatomical Museum

## Parks and squares

* Arnold Arboretum
* Boston Common
* Boston Public Garden
* Charles River and Esplanade
* Copley Square
* Kenmore Square
* Garden of Peace
* Rose Kennedy Greenway

## Performing arts centers

* Boston Opera House
* Citi Performing Arts Center
* Cutler Majestic Theatre
* Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music
* Symphony Hall – home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra

## Religious buildings

* Cathedral Church of St. Paul - Episcopal church
* Cathedral of the Holy Cross - Roman Catholic church
* Old North Church - Episcopal church
* Old South Church - United Church of Christ church
* The First Church of Christ, Scientist - Christian Science
* Trinity Church, Back Bay, an Episcopal church
* First Church in Boston, Back Bay, Unitarian Universalist church designed by Paul Rudolph

## Restaurants and pubs

* Bull & Finch Pub – whose building is known from the television show Cheers
* Legal Sea Foods – well known seafood restaurant with 11 locations in Boston
* Union Oyster House – oldest restaurant in the United States

## Shopping areas

* Copley Place
* Downtown Crossing
* Newbury Street
* Prudential Center
* Quincy Market – part of the larger Faneuil Hall Marketplace

## Sports arenas and stadiums

* Agganis Arena at Boston University
* Fenway Park – home of the Boston Red Sox
* Harvard Stadium
* Suffolk Downs
* Nickerson Field
* TD Garden – home of the Boston Bruins and the Boston Celtics, formerly named the FleetCenter, this arena replaced the Boston Garden in 1995

## Tours

* Boston By Foot – offers guided architectural and historical walking tours of various Boston neighborhoods, including Beacon Hill, Back Bay, the North End, and the Freedom Trail
* Boston Duck Tours – guided-tour that uses World War II-era duck boats
* Boston HarborWalk – tour designed to allow people to walk the entire shore of Boston Harbor
* Harpoon Brewery – free beer samples
* Samuel Adams Brewery – free guided tour of the brewery demonstrating each step of the beer making process and ending with samplings of different varieties

## Other

* Autumn foliage – in the outer suburbs of Boston, whose vibrant color attracts many tourists