Boston
The Freedom Trail and the sites of the American Revolution: Old North Church, the Paul Revere House, Faneuil Hall, USS Constitution, plus Beacon Hill and Back Bay.
14 places
Faneuil Hall
The “Cradle of Liberty,” where colonists first protested British taxes
Massachusetts State House
Boston’s golden dome: the state government has met here since 1798
Old North Church
Two lanterns in its steeple on April 18, 1775, warned that the British were on the move
USS Constitution
The oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world
African Meeting House
The oldest surviving Black church building in the US, known as the “Black Faneuil Hall”
Boston Common
America’s oldest city park, where cows grazed, pirates were hanged and the British camped
Boston Public Library
America’s first large free city library, a “palace for the people”
Bunker Hill Monument
An obelisk on the site of the first major battle of the War of Independence, June 17, 1775
Granary Burying Ground
Resting place of Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere and the victims of the Boston Massacre
Old South Meeting House
The meeting here on December 16, 1773, ended in the Boston Tea Party
Old State House
Below this balcony the Boston Massacre happened in 1770, and the Declaration of Independence was read in 1776
Paul Revere House
Paul Revere set out from here on his midnight ride; it is the oldest house in downtown Boston
Public Garden and the Ducklings
America’s first public botanical garden, and ducklings with a twin in Moscow
Trinity Church
H. H. Richardson’s masterpiece: in 1885 architects named it the finest building in the US