# Best things to do in Boston

Revolutionary history, ballparks and world-class museums: the Boston essentials from U.S. News, local guides and TripAdvisor.

- 690 votes · 12 items
- Aug 4, 2025 · roamer_detroit
- https://even.best/en/l/355/best-things-to-do-in-boston

## Top 10

1. **Freedom Trail** (87 · ▲90 ▼3) — 2.5-mile red-brick line linking 16 Revolutionary-era sites, free to follow on your own. <https://www.thefreedomtrail.org/>
2. **Boston Common and Public Garden** (56 · ▲60 ▼4) — America's oldest public park (1634) and the garden with its swan boats.
3. **Fenway Park** (51 · ▲59 ▼8) — Home of the Red Sox since 1912, the oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball, with the Green Monster.
4. **Museum of Fine Arts, Boston** (50 · ▲58 ▼8) — One of the most comprehensive art collections in the world, from Egypt to Impressionism. <https://www.mfa.org/>
5. **Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum** (46 · ▲52 ▼6) — Venetian-style palace museum, famous for the unsolved 1990 art heist. <https://www.gardnermuseum.org/>
6. **Boston Duck Tours** (39 · ▲48 ▼9) — 80-minute tour in amphibious WWII-style vehicles that splash into the Charles River. <https://www.bostonducktours.com/>
7. **Harvard University (Cambridge)** (39 · ▲46 ▼7) — America's oldest university (1636), with Harvard Yard and its museums.
8. **Faneuil Hall and Quincy Market** (38 · ▲44 ▼6) — Historic meeting hall and food market near the waterfront.
9. **Beacon Hill** (34 · ▲43 ▼9) — Brick sidewalks, gas lamps and Acorn Street, one of the most photographed streets in the US.
10. **North End** (24 · ▲37 ▼13) — Boston's Little Italy, famous for cannoli at Mike's and Modern Pastry.
11. **New England Aquarium** (23 · ▲33 ▼10) — Waterfront aquarium with the four-storey Giant Ocean Tank. <https://www.neaq.org/>
12. **USS Constitution** (21 · ▲29 ▼8) — 'Old Ironsides', launched in 1797, the oldest commissioned warship afloat.

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