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What to see in Boston on foot
50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.
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Boston is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Boston pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.
Landmarks1
- 1Skinny HouseThe Skinny House is an extremely narrow four-story house at 44 Hull Street in the North End of Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Historic Sites21
- 2Robert Gould Shaw and Fifty-fourth Regiment MemorialThe Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens opposite 24 Beacon Street, Boston.
- 3Blackstone Memorial Tablet
- 4Mary DyerA statue of Quaker religious martyr Mary Dyer by Sylvia Shaw Judson is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 5Soldiers and Sailors MonumentThe Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a monument erected in Boston Common in downtown Boston, dedicated to soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who died in the American Civil War.
- 6Benjamin Franklin StatueA statue of Benjamin Franklin by Richard Saltonstall Greenough is installed outside Old City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 7Swan BoatsThe Swan Boats are a fleet of pontoon pleasure boats which operate in a pond in the Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 8James Michael Curley MemorialTwo statues of James Michael Curley are installed at the intersection of Congress and North streets, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 9Boston StoneThe Boston Stone is a stone in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 10The Founders MemorialThe Founders Memorial, also known as Founding of Boston, is a 1930 sculpture by John Francis Paramino in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 11VictoryThe Boston Massacre Monument, also known as the Crispus Attucks Monument and Victory, is an outdoor bronze memorial by Adolph Robert Kraus, installed in Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 12Declaration of Independence TabletDeclaration of Independence Tablet is a 1925 sculpture by John Francis Paramino, installed at Boston Common, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 13Marvin E. Goody MemorialThe Marvin E.
- 14Paramount TheatreParamount Theatre is a theatre in Boston on Washington Street, between Avery and West Streets.
- 15Central Artery TunnelThe Big Dig was a megaproject in Boston that rerouted the elevated Central Artery of Interstate 93 into the O'Neill Tunnel and built the Ted Williams Tunnel to extend Interstate 90 to Logan International Airport.
- 16Oneida TabletThe Oneida Football Club, founded and captained by Gerrit Smith Miller in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1862, was the first organized team to play any kind of football in the United States.
- 17The EmbraceThe Embrace is a bronze sculpture by Hank Willis Thomas, installed on Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, in December 2022.
- 18Faneuil HallFaneuil Hall is a historic building in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 19Kings ChapelKing's Chapel is an independent Unitarian congregation in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 20Flour and Grain Exchange BuildingThe Flour and Grain Exchange Building is a 19th-century office building in Boston.
- 21Quincy MarketQuincy Market is a historic marketplace complex next to Faneuil Hall in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 22Parkman BandstandThe Parkman Bandstand is a landmark bandstand located on the eastern side of the Boston Common in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Museums & Galleries7
- 23Pierce/Hichborn House MuseumThe Pierce–Hichborn House is an early Georgian house located at 29 North Square in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 24Nichols House MuseumThe Nichols House Museum is a museum at 55 Mount Vernon Street on Beacon Hill in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 25Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company MuseumThe Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest chartered military organization in the world.
- 26The Sports MuseumTD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 27The West End MuseumThe West End Museum (WEM) is a neighborhood museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the history and culture of the West End of Boston in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 28Ether DomeThe Ether Dome is a surgical operating amphitheater in the Bulfinch Building at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 29Museum of ScienceThe Museum of Science (MoS) is a nature and science museum and indoor zoological establishment located in Science Park, a plot of land in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, spanning the Charles River.
Parks & Gardens3
- 30Boston National Historical ParkThe Boston National Historical Park is an association of sites that showcase Boston's role in the American Revolution and other parts of history.
- 31Saint Leonard's Peace Garden
- 32Boston Public GardenThe Public Garden, also known as Boston Public Garden, is a large park in the heart of Boston, Massachusetts, adjacent to Boston Common.
Public Art18
- 33Anne HutchinsonA statue of Anne Hutchinson by Cyrus Edwin Dallin is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 34Horace MannA statue of Horace Mann by Emma Stebbins is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 35Daniel WebsterA statue of Daniel Webster by Hiram Powers is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
- 36Paul Revere StatueAn equestrian statue of Paul Revere by Cyrus Edwin Dallin is installed at Paul Revere Mall near the Old North Church in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 37Statler FountainStatler Fountain is a 1930 fountain designed by Ulysses Anthony Ricci, installed in Boston's Statler Park, in the U.S.
- 38Tony DeMarcoA statue of Tony DeMarco by Harry Weber is installed in Boston's North End, in the U.S.
- 39Bill RussellA statue of former professional basketball player Bill Russell by Ann Hirsch is installed outside Boston's City Hall, in the U.S.
- 40Charles SumnerThe statue of Charles Sumner in Boston's Public Garden is a bronze statue by Thomas Ball, commissioned by the Boston Art Committee to honor Sumner after his death in 1874.
- 41Edward Everett Hale StatueA statue of author, historian, and minister Edward Everett Hale by Bela Pratt is installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S.
- 42Triton Babies FountainTriton Babies Fountain is a fountain and sculpture by Anna Coleman Ladd, installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S.
- 43Samuel AdamsAnne Whitney created two public statues of American Founding Father Samuel Adams.
- 44Poe Returning to BostonPoe Returning to Boston is a statue of American author Edgar Allan Poe in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 45General Joseph HookerAn equestrian statue of Joseph Hooker is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, facing Beacon Street in Boston, in the United States.
- 46The GoalAn 800-pound (360 kg) bronze statue of Bobby Orr is installed outside Boston's TD Garden, in the U.S.
- 47Wendell PhillipsA statue of Wendell Phillips is installed in Boston's Public Garden, in the U.S.
- 48Thomas CassA statue of Thomas Cass by Richard E.
- 49John F. KennedyA statue of John F.
- 50Henry Cabot LodgeA statue of Henry Cabot Lodge by Raymond Averill Porter is installed outside the Massachusetts State House, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.