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Old State House

Worth a stopBoston, Massachusetts

What it is

1713 colonial government building, site of the Boston Massacre and Boston’s first reading of the Declaration of Independence.

Also on the block, if you have time

Faneuil Hall (0.1 mi, free), King’s Chapel (0.1 mi, free), Benjamin Franklin Statue (0.1 mi, free), Old South Meeting House (0.2 mi), Granary Burying Ground (0.2 mi, free).

Skip Old Corner Bookstore (0.1 mi), even if you’re passing: “It’s literally a Chipotle”