199 Things To Do In Boston

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157. Boston Athenaeum

0 km from city center

Landmark

Boston Athenæum is located at Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest independent libraries in the US. It is known for its massive collection of over 600,000 which keeps circulating. Boston Athenæum houses gems like a part of US President George Washington’s library collection, a first edition copy of Audubon's The Birds of America, among many others.

11 km from city center

Monument

Ether Dome is one of its kind monuments in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a part of the Massachusetts General Hospital and has been preserved over two centuries for its historical significance. Located in the Bulfinch Building of the hospital, it was at Ether Dome on 16 Oct 1846, where first successful anaesthetic surgery was carried out by the use of inhaled ether.

14 km from city center

Landmark

Robert Treat Paine Estate is a 113-acre country house and is also known as Stonehurst. Located in Waltham, Massachusetts, this house and the lush greens surrounding it are maintained by the City of Waltham now. The house was built in 1866 for the famous philanthropist Robert Treat Paine Jr. and has been with the Paine family for about a century.

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₹2,647

58 km from city center

Museum

The Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ) is located on Harvard University’s grounds and is a part of the Harvard Museum of Natural History, which has two other museums as well. This museum is also known by the name ‘The Louis Agassiz Museum of Comparative Zoology’. The museum contains over 21 million specimens collected over years, and also the works by researchers.

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₹1,195

4 km from city center

Museum

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is one of the world’s most prestigious universities and is known for its contribution in the field of science and technology. Following the same path is the MIT Museum, located on the grounds of the university. It is a relatively new museum and was founded in 1971.

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₹1,494

1 km from city center

Museum

Busch-Reisinger Museum is one of the three museums that comprise the Harvard Art Museums. Located on the grounds of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, it holds artwork from German-speaking countries of central and northern Europe. Busch-Reisinger museum was founded in 1901 and that time it was German centric.

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₹1,195

8 km from city center

Landmark

Isaac Royall House or more commonly known as the Royall House was a slave quarter and is now the only remaining structure of its kind in North America. It was built in 1732 with Georgian style architecture and is located in Medford, Massachusetts.

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₹1,281

13 km from city center

Landmark

Pierce-Hichborn House is one of the oldest brickwork structures in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built for Moses Pierce around 1711 and was later owned by Nathaniel Hichborn. This house built in Georgian architecture is situated close to the famous Paul Revere House.

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₹1,281

12 km from city center

Historical Site

Brook Farm is a 188-acre stretch of a National Historic Site that is located in Boston, Massachusetts. This farm was built and developed in 1841 as a part of an experiment by George Ripley. Brook Farm is also called as the Brook Farm Institute of Agriculture and Education and promoted community living based on transcendental ideals.

6 km from city center

Sporting Events & Stadiums

Located in Allston across Charles River, the Harvard Stadium is a U-shaped football stadium situated on the grounds of Harvard University. It is the United States’ oldest permanent structure for intercollege athletics.

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₹1,964

4 km from city center

Historical Site

Tremont Street subway is recognized as National Historic Landmark, as it is the nation’s oldest subway tunnel having opened in 1897 and running across 6-acres. It has paved way for the development of subways in the United States and is still in use, making it the world’s third oldest subway system to be running by the means of electric traction.

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₹2,733

1 km from city center

Garden & Park

Charles River Esplanade is a public park on the south bank of Charles River. It is situated in the Bay Area and lies away from the Boston mainframe neighborhoods, separated by the high-speed Storrow Drive. There are eight passageways and two bridges at the extreme ends that connect it to the city.

Historical Site

Boston Massacre Site is basically a cobblestone that is market at the position of the incident for commemoration. It was on 5 March 1770 that five civilians were killed by the British in gunfire, and that enraged the Bostonians. It led to the English being driven out of Boston for about four years.

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₹1,524

Boating & Cruises

Boston Harbour Islands is a collection of islands and a peninsula that are ideal for a day away from city life. This stretch of over 1400-acres has a plethora of options for all types of people. Be it hiking, picnic in the sun, laying around the beach, or historical inquisitiveness, Boston Harbour Islands have it all.

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₹3,928

1 km from city center

Synagogue

Boston Synagogue is also popularly known as the Charles River Park Synagogue, which was established in the year 1971. The Boston Synagogue offers an array of religious programs throughout the year including programs for teens and even adult education.

2 km from city center

Synagogue

The Central Reform Temple was established in the year 2004 with the aim of broadening the Jewish experience in the city of Boston. The Temple offers numerous Jewish experiences learning opportunities throughout the year in the form of discussion groups, a series of Torah Through the Arts, CRT at the MFA that teaches the guests about the Jewish history collection, and the Touring as the Torah that (Read More) includes various trips to cities within the United States to learn about the Jewish history.

5 km from city center

Synagogue

Temple Israel, was earlier known as Adath Israel and it was founded by 25 families from Southeastern Germany. The temple offers various religious, cultural teachings throughout the year to all their guests.

7 km from city center

Synagogue

Sephardic Community of Greater Boston was established in the early 1980s and is also commonly known as “Kol Sasson and Benei Shaul". The Sephardic Community of Greater Boston offers numerous Torah classes throughout the year.

4 km from city center

Synagogue

Tremont Street Shul is located in central Massachusetts and is also commonly known as the Temple Beth Shalom. The Tremont Street Shul was established in the year 1962 when the Ashkenaz Temple and the Congregation Beth Israel were merged together. They offer three styles of Jewish worship to learn the Jewish experience through educational, social, and cultural experiences throughout the year.

6 km from city center

Synagogue

Congregation Kehilath Israel was built in the year 1911 dedicated to Jewish culture and tradition learning opportunities. The Learning programs in the Congregation Kehilath Israel has something o offer for all age groups.

23 km from city center

Synagogue

Temple B'nai Brith which directly translates to the Sons of the Covenant is located in the Somerville city of Massachusetts. It was founded in the year 1904 by Eastern European immigrants. The Temple is open to all throughout the year and is dedicated to teaching Jewish learning opportunities.

6 km from city center

Synagogue

Temple Sinai is a reform synagogue located in the Brookline city of Boston. Temple Sinai is open all around the year to everyone to explore, learn, and experience the Judaism culture and music. Temple Sinai conducts events throughout the year to learn Jewish experiences, work for social justice, and bring members of the community together.

6 km from city center

Synagogue

Young Israel of Brookline offers a variety of Judaism learning opportunities for all their guests, it is one of the largest Orthodox Synagogues in Brookline, Massachusetts.

4 km from city center

Synagogue

Walnut Street Synagogue was found in the year 1887, is located in Walnut street in the city of Chelsea, Massachusetts. The Walnut Synagogue, also commonly known as the Walnut Street Shul, showcases a series of walls and ceilings frescos that are beautifully painted by Jewish artist immigrant artists. The Walnut street shul was built to inspire a greater number of people to learn the Judaism cultur (Read More)e through various events that are conducted throughout the year.

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₹2,733

7 km from city center

Synagogue

Temple Beth Zion Synagogue located in Brookline, Massachusetts, is dedicated to teach members of all age group the joyful worship, and the meaningful Jewish learning along with teaching social injustices and spiritual growth.

Synagogue

The Jewish Centre and Central Synagogue of Boston was built to inspire a greater number of visitors and guests regardless of their Judaic background to learn the Judaism culture and values through experiences and study.

8 km from city center

Synagogue

Congregation Beth Israel is located in the Malden city of Massachusetts. This Orthodox Synagogue was established in the year 1904 by Jewish immigrants.

4.5 /5

2 km from city center

Temple

Founded by Srila Prabhupada ISKCON is one of the most prominent temples of the Hari Krishna movement. The International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON is now known as the New Gundica. Boston is considered a significant pillar in the development of the Krishna consciousness movement in the west.

5.0 /5

9 km from city center

Temple

The Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston is a place of worship and prayer for the Hindus living in Boston. It is a non-profit organization and conducts several social, cultural, and educational activities under the Hindu rituals and philosophies. Various Hindu festivities like the Lohri celebration, Vasant Panchami, Mahashivratri, etc are also celebrated in the temple.

4.5 /5

14 km from city center

Temple

Established in 1996, under the auspice of Massachusetts Budhi Sikha Society, by Kuan Yen the Thousand Buddha Temple derives its name because of more than a thousand Buddha statues that encircle the meditation Hall. Each of the thousand statues represents the participants who invested their time and money in building the temple. The statues also signify the Buddha-nature of the participants and ser (Read More)ve as inspirational models for the practitioners.

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₹1,879

4.5 /5

25 km from city center

Temple

Established to promote the Sanathan Dharma or eternal path, an understanding of the Hindu Religion, to inculcate the lifestyle based on Vaishnav teachings and to follow a path of happiness, peace, love, harmony and non-violence the Shree Haridham Temple in Norwood is a faith-based temple and a financially self-supporting entity. It is open to donations by the devotees and also offers volunteer wor (Read More)ks.

4.5 /5

9 km from city center

Temple

Vietnamese Pagoda is a Buddhist temple in Boston that is open to all, barring the national backgrounds of the visitors and the devotees. Vietnamese believed that many deities are real human beings who have lived an exceptional life, which concurs their strong belief and worship of Buddha. The nuns and the monks of the Vietnamese Pagoda gather together to preach Buddhism.

4.5 /5

26 km from city center

Temple

The Braj Mandir Hindu temple is a non-profit organization and hosts many devotional services and volunteer work for the devotees. It is a famous temple in Boston dedicated to the deities of Radha Krishna. The services hosted by the temple encircles around the Nimbarki Vaisnava, which is the oldest devotional path in Hindu philosophy.

4.5 /5

Temple

Built-in reverence of Shirdi Sai Baba The Shri Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Baba Temple and under the Dwarkamai organization, the temple is focused on spreading the preachings of Sai Baba. It aims to foster spiritual growth in the devotees and conducts programs for social and community development. The temple also facilitates several philanthropic services and provides to the needs of underprivileged kids (Read More) by finding reliable and right channels to help them.

4.5 /5

46 km from city center

Temple

Established by Swami Sathasivom and with a vision of setting a devotional representation of Lord Shiva in the U.S, the temple is a host to three shivlings along with a diety of goddess Kalikambal. The other three deities in the temple include that of Lord Omkareshwara, which the main deity in the temple, Lord Arunachaleshwara, and Lord Omkareshwara in the form of atmalinga.

4.0 /5

38 km from city center

Temple

The BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha) Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is a place for the visitors and the devotees where they can also attend the cultural programs and religious services hosted by the temple. Founded by Pramukh Swami Maharaj, a spiritual leader and a guru to the BAPS backed the establishment as a means to cultivate peace and harmony amongst the Hindu community a (Read More)nd the visitors.

4.5 /5

3 km from city center

Buddhist Temple

Founded in 1985 by Thich Giac Duc, also the spiritual leader of the community, the Universal Buddhist Congregation is a host of more than two thousand members and host more than thirty services on an average day. The congregation has a majority of children and teenagers, as young people are a focus of this community. It conducts various activities for the youngsters after the Sunday services.

4.0 /5

8 km from city center

Buddhist Temple

The Fo Guang Buddhist Temple is a Chinese Mahayana temple and is the first temple built in Massachusetts by Fo Guang Shan Temple. He initially started with an idea of preaching Buddhism in Boston by creating a Greater Boston Buddhist Cultural Center, which was a restaurant that he purchased in between Harvard University and MIT.

4.5 /5

0 km from city center

Temple

Shambhala Meditation Centre of Boston is a community for people who share a common and a genuine interest in meditation, a personal and spiritual awakening. The core path of the community is to train people to conquer over their hearts and minds and cultivate the feelings of bravery, kindness and openness. It is a community that offers several practice events, celebrations and gatherings of variou (Read More)s groups for the newcomers who are discovering the teachings.

Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

4.5 /5

7 km from city center

Buddhist Temple

Found in 1989 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the Kurukulla Centre for Tibet Buddhist studies aims to provide community support for all those who are studying and practicing the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Being a not-for-profit organization, it has over one hundred and twenty Buddhist centers, monasteries, and healing and retreat centers that are spread worldwide.

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₹642

5.0 /5

4 km from city center

Gurudwara

The Gurdwara Sikh Sangat is a Sikh temple in Boston, a great place to attain spiritual bliss and take a break from the mundane life. The Gurudwara is open to all and not restricted to people from the Sikh Community. They host various weekly and daily programs, the details for which are available on their website.

4.5 /5

24 km from city center

Temple

Established in 1981, The Jain Centre of Greater Boston was the first center to have a Jain temple in Boston. The Jain Centre of Greater Boston is an effort and hard work of the Indian Residents living in Boston. It is a host of the marble idol of Lord Mahavira, the founder of Jainism along, with the marble idols of 24 Tirthankaras or leaders of Jainism. Being a non-profit organization, it welcomes (Read More) all those who are interested in Jain philosophy, their teachings, learning, and the practices of Jainism.

4.5 /5

Temple

The Shree Vijaya Durga Temple is managed by a non-profit organization Shree Siddha Lalitha Peetham and is a host to deities Vijay Durga, Siddha Ganpati, Siva Parvati, and many more. The temple offers daily aarti along with other services like Satyanarayan Puja, Kalyanam, Navgra Puja, Shri Chakra Puja, etc. The temple follows the lineage of the Siddha traditions, a path followed by the Siddha Gurus (Read More).

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What are the top hotels in Boston?

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What are the top activities in Boston?

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How can I commute within Boston?

Boston is a walk-friendly city. Unless you need to go away from the city center, you can cover the distance on ¾foot. For distant locations, the subway system (known as "T") is the best option. Along with subway system, the MBTA also provides bus and water shuttle services.Other ways to get around some parts of the city include using a taxi or water taxi.
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199 Things To Do In Boston

157. Boston Athenaeum

158. Ether Dome

159. Robert Treat Paine Estate

160. Museum of Comparative Zoology

161. MIT Museum

162. Busch-Reisinger Museum

163. Isaac Royall House

164. Pierce-Hichborn House

165. Brook Farm

166. Harvard Stadium

167. Tremont Street Subway

168. Charles River Esplanade

169. Boston Massacre Site

170. Boston Harbour Islands

171. The Boston Synagogue

172. The Central Reform Temple

173. Temple Israel

174. Sephardic Community of Greater Boston

175. Temple Beth Shalom

176. Congregation Kehillath Israel

177. Temple B'nai Brith

178. Temple Sinai

179. Young Israel of Brookline

180. Walnut Street Synagogue

181. Temple Beth Zion

182. The Jewish Centre and Central Synagogue of Boston

183. Congregation Beth Israel

184. ISKCON Boston

185. Shivalaya Temple of Greater Boston

186. Massachusetts Budhi Siksa Society - Thousand Buddha Temple

187. Shree Haridham Temple

188. Vietnamese Pagoda

189. Braj Mandir Hindu Temple

190. Shri Dwarkamai Shirdi Sai Baba Temple

191. Sri Kalikambal Shiva Temple

192. BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir

193. Universal Buddhist Congregation

194. Fo Guang Buddhist Temple Boston

195. Shambhala Boston

196. Kurukulla Center for Tibetan Buddhist Studies

197. Gurudwara Sikh Sangat Boston

198. Jain Centre of Greater Boston

199. Sree Vijaya Durga Temple

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