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Museum of Fine Arts

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Boston Public Garden

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Faneuil Hall Marketplace

John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum & Library

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Marginal Way Walkway

Mount Auburn Cemetery

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Peabody Essex Museum

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New England Holocaust Memorial

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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

USS Constitution

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Historic Sites

Granary Burying Ground

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Old South Meeting House

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Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area

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Chestnut Hill Reservoir

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To stay close to where most of Boston's tourist action is, book a room at one of the many hotels located downtown, near the center of the city and state governments, businesses, and shopping. For a more affordable option, consider a budget-friendly boutique hotel or small bed and breakfast in one of the city's diverse residential neighborhoods. If you plan to stay longer and need a real home away from home, explore Boston's short-term rental options, which include private villas, waterfront lofts, and luxury apartments scattered across the city's historical districts.

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With many museums, churches, and political sites to explore, there is a versatile range of things to do in Boston. Travelers wishing to soak up some of America's earliest history can take a walk along Freedom Trail past over a dozen historical monuments. The cobbled passageways of Beacon Hill will also give you a pretty good idea of what early Boston must have been like. For a lesson in more recent history, head to John F. Kennedy Presidential Museum & Library. To take a break from the city's history-steeped streets and neighborhoods, relax among permanent plantings of meticulously maintained Boston Public Garden, or catch a baseball game at Fenway Park.

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