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Boston

17 places, all on the Freedom Trail. One is worth planning a day around.

Prices are what I paid. Numbers 1 to 9 are on the map.

Don’t miss

  1. 1Museum of Fine Arts, Boston$27

    Boston’s Met

Worth a detour

Worth visiting, good experience.

  1. 2USS ConstitutionFree · I’d go back

    Iconic

Worth a stop

Interesting but not essential.

  1. 3Faneuil HallFree

    Touristy

  2. 4Granary Burying GroundFree

    A bunch of almost famous people

  3. 5Institute of Contemporary Art$20

    Pretty small

  4. 6JFK LibraryUnknown

    Should have been better

  5. 7King’s ChapelFree

    Meh

  6. 8New England Aquarium$40

    Lots of penguins

  7. 9Park Street ChurchFree

    Pretty I guess

  8. 10Benjamin Franklin StatueFree
  9. 11Bunker Hill MonumentFree
  10. 12Old North ChurchUnknown
  11. 13Old South Meeting HouseUnknown
  12. 14Old State HouseUnknown

Skip

Not recommended.

  1. 15Old Corner BookstoreFree

    It’s literally a Chipotle

  2. 16Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States SenateUnknown
  3. 17Paul Revere HouseUnknown

Day trips

Within 60 km of the city.

Gropius HouseLincoln, 23 km · $20

Cool house, great mugs from the gift shop

Walden PondConcord, 25 km · Unknown

Iconic location where Thoreau wrote Walden