Best sights in Boston
A planning-minded collection of Boston's strongest architecture, culture, historic places, parks, markets, and waterfront anchors — selected from the city's existing Sortie inventory.
Start with the headline architecture, then add one museum, historic area, or outdoor block to give each day a different rhythm.
30 places worth building into a Boston itinerary · Architecture · Museums · Parks · Historic sights
Boston Massacre Monument
Boston Massacre Monument is a landmarks. It is best understood through the local role it plays in the surrounding area.
Boston National Historical Park
Boston National Historical Park is a parks_views. It is best understood through the local role it plays in the surrounding area.
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary is a parks_views. It is best understood through the local role it plays in the surrounding area.
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.
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.
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