Places to explore in Boston
Build real days in Boston from a broader mix of sights, museums, architecture, parks, markets, neighbourhoods, and food stops from the existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline places
Abbotsford
Abbotsford is a historic house museum in Boston that dates to 1875. It offers visitors a direct encounter with a surviving 19th-century residence and a setting connected to the city’s architectural and domestic history.
African Meeting House
The African Meeting House is a church building in Boston and a place associated with the city’s African American heritage. Visitors encounter a historic religious structure whose meeting-house identity reflects its community role.
Almont Playground
Almont Playground is a public park in the Boston area of Suffolk County, Massachusetts. It offers visitors a neighborhood green space and a more local, everyday counterpoint to the city’s historic central attractions.
AMC Loews Boston Common 19
AMC Loews Boston Common 19 is a movie theater in Boston, located near the city’s central public spaces. Visitors encounter a contemporary cinema destination suited to seeing films during a day in the downtown area.
American Ancestors
American Ancestors is a genealogical society founded in 1845 and recognized as the oldest and largest organization of its kind in the United States. For visitors interested in family history, it represents a major Boston institution devoted to genealogy.
Appeal to the Great Spirit
Appeal to the Great Spirit is a 1909 statue by Cyrus Dallin at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Visitors encounter it as a distinct work of sculpture within the museum setting and an example of Dallin’s public artistic legacy.
Museums and cultural stops
Architecture and landmarks
Arnold Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum is Harvard University’s botanical garden in Boston, established in 1872. Visitors encounter a landscape centered on cultivated plant collections, combining the character of a garden with an academic institutional connection.
Arthur Fiedler Memorial
The Arthur Fiedler Memorial is a commemorative sculpture created in Boston in 1984. Visitors encounter a piece of public memorial art that gives physical form to the city’s remembrance of the person named in its title.
Baker Congregational Church
Baker Congregational Church is a Massachusetts church building dating to 1903. For visitors exploring Boston’s neighborhood landmarks, it represents an early-20th-century religious structure and part of the city’s built heritage.
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries
The Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries comprise 42 Jewish burial grounds on Baker Street in Boston’s West Roxbury section. In use since the 1920s, the group reflects a substantial and enduring part of the city’s Jewish community history.
Bellevue Standpipe
Bellevue Standpipe is a Boston water tower dating from 1915. Visitors interested in infrastructure and industrial-era landmarks encounter an early-20th-century structure that reflects the visible architecture of municipal water systems.
Bennington Street Burying Ground
Bennington Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in East Boston, established in 1837. Visitors encounter a 19th-century burial landscape that forms part of the neighborhood’s historical fabric and commemorative heritage.
Parks and outdoor places
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Abiel Smith School
The Abiel Smith School is a Boston school established in 1835 for African American children during the 19th century. Its surviving identity connects visitors with the history of African American education in the city.
Arnold Arboretum
The Arnold Arboretum is Harvard University’s botanical garden in Boston, established in 1872. Visitors encounter a landscape centered on cultivated plant collections, combining the character of a garden with an academic institutional connection.
Arthur Fiedler Memorial
The Arthur Fiedler Memorial is a commemorative sculpture created in Boston in 1984. Visitors encounter a piece of public memorial art that gives physical form to the city’s remembrance of the person named in its title.
Baker Congregational Church
Baker Congregational Church is a Massachusetts church building dating to 1903. For visitors exploring Boston’s neighborhood landmarks, it represents an early-20th-century religious structure and part of the city’s built heritage.
Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries
The Baker Street Jewish Cemeteries comprise 42 Jewish burial grounds on Baker Street in Boston’s West Roxbury section. In use since the 1920s, the group reflects a substantial and enduring part of the city’s Jewish community history.
Beacon Park Yard
Beacon Park Yard is a former rail freight yard in Boston whose site has been planned for redevelopment. Its identity offers visitors historical context for the city’s industrial transportation landscape and its continuing urban transformation.
Bellevue Standpipe
Bellevue Standpipe is a Boston water tower dating from 1915. Visitors interested in infrastructure and industrial-era landmarks encounter an early-20th-century structure that reflects the visible architecture of municipal water systems.
Bennington Street Burying Ground
Bennington Street Burying Ground is a historic cemetery in East Boston, established in 1837. Visitors encounter a 19th-century burial landscape that forms part of the neighborhood’s historical fabric and commemorative heritage.
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