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Digital Learning Center in Boston

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USS Constitution Museum and Naval Yard

Boston Black Heritage Trail

A Day in Jamaica Plain

Boston Literary Landmarks

Bulfinch's Boston

Mayor's Mural Crew: Celebrating Diversity

Must-See in Boston

Top-rated stories told and curated by local experts.

Boston's Chinatown

Boston Black Heritage Trail

Fairsted: Home of Frederick Law Olmsted

Boston Literary Landmarks

A Day in Jamaica Plain

Local Things to Do in Boston

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Old Corner Bookstore

The historic brick structure made famous as Boston's bookstore.

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Omni Parker House Hotel

The famous hangout spot for The Saturday Club and literary intellectuals in Boston.

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Faneuil Hall

Where you go when you go to Boston.

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Boston Athenaeum

One of America's oldest libraries.

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  Old Corner Bookstore

  Old Corner Bookstore

  The historic brick structure made famous as Boston's bookstore.

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  Omni Parker House Hotel

  Omni Parker House Hotel

  The famous hangout spot for The Saturday Club and literary intellectuals in Boston.

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  Faneuil Hall

  Faneuil Hall

  Where you go when you go to Boston.

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  Boston Athenaeum

  Boston Athenaeum

  One of America's oldest libraries.

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  Boston Athenaeum

  Boston Athenaeum

  One of America's oldest cultural institutions

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  Massachusetts State House

  Massachusetts State House

  Home of the Commonwealth's government.

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  The Massachusetts State House

  The Massachusetts State House

  A grand entrance for democracy.

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  Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

  Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

  62 names from the 54th regiment. The first black soldiers admitted into Union Forces are remembered here.

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  First Harrison Gray Otis House

  First Harrison Gray Otis House

  The last Bowdoin mansion.

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  Abiel Smith School

  Abiel Smith School

  This school educated African American children and witnessed the fight for, and end of, segregation.

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  African Meeting House

  African Meeting House

  The heart of Boston's 19th century free black community and a reminder of our past.

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  George Middleton House

  George Middleton House

  Once home to a veteran and leader; "Colonel" to the Bucks of America.

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  John Coburn House

  John Coburn House

  Clothing shop by day, gambling den by night.

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  Mt. Vernon Street Neighborhood

  Mt. Vernon Street Neighborhood

  Boston's Residential Acropolis

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  The Phillips School

  The Phillips School

  The first school to [finally!] promote an interracial study body in Boston.

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  Third Harrison Gray Otis House

  Third Harrison Gray Otis House

  Luxury and science on the Common.

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  Boston Common

  Boston Common

  Common ground at the heart of Boston.

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  Boston Commons

  Boston Commons

  Snap a shot of America's Oldest Park

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  Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

  Lewis and Harriet Hayden House

  House turned Underground Railroad station that allowed an escaped slave to rescue others.

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  Acorn Street

  Acorn Street

  Most Photographed Street in Boston

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  MGH Bulfinch Building

  MGH Bulfinch Building

  An amphitheater for medical breakthroughs.

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  John J. Smith House

  John J. Smith House

  The man who brought introduced fugitive slaves to abolitionists in a barber shop.

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  Oxford Street Bulletin Board

  Oxford Street Bulletin Board

  In addition to apartments and organizations, Oxford St had a community bulletin board from c.1900-1970

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  Charles Street Meeting House

  Charles Street Meeting House

  A church that illuminated the path to both religion and integration.

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