The USS Constitution is a three-masted, wooden-hulled frigate recognizable by her massive masts and black and white hull. Authorized by the Naval Act of seventeen ninety-four and launched in seventeen ninety-seven, she stands as the…
Best of Boston
This tour walks you through Boston's most iconic landmarks, tracing the city's evolution from a hotbed of American revolution to a world-class center of art, architecture, and learning.
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1. USS Constitution & Museum
2. Old North Church
The Old North Church is distinguished by its towering steeple, which rises higher than any other in the city. Completed in seventeen twenty-three, this Georgian-style brick building stands as the oldest surviving church structure in…
3. Faneuil Hall Marketplace
Faneuil Hall Marketplace is a complex of four interconnected buildings in downtown Boston that you can identify by the copper grasshopper weathervane perched atop the roof of the original seventeen forty-two Faneuil Hall. This structure…
4. Old State House
The Old State House is the oldest surviving public building in Boston, marked by a prominent second-floor balcony that overlooks the intersection of Washington and State Streets. Built in seventeen thirteen, this brick structure served as…
5. Massachusetts State House
The Massachusetts State House is distinguished by its massive golden dome, which sits at the crest of Beacon Hill. Designed by architect Charles Bulfinch and completed in seventeen ninety-eight, this Federal-style building replaced the Old…
6. Boston Public Garden Foot Bridge
The Public Garden Foot Bridge is a gray stone and steel structure that arches over the lagoon in the center of the park. When it opened on June first, eighteen sixty-seven, it held the distinction of being the shortest functioning…
7. Trinity Church
Trinity Church occupies a distinct place in Copley Square, defined by a massive, central square tower and heavy, rounded arches built of rough-faced granite and red sandstone. This structure is the third home of an Episcopal parish founded…
8. Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is distinguished by the McKim Building, an Italian Renaissance-style palazzo that occupies the corner of Dartmouth and Boylston Streets. Opened in eighteen ninety-five, the structure features a long row of arched…
9. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is defined by its building, a four-story structure designed to resemble a fifteenth-century Venetian palace. While the exterior appears unpretentious, the interior centers on a glass-roofed courtyard…