Boston

Boston

US
Population675,647
Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United States. It has an area of 48.4 sq mi (125 km2) and a population of 675,647 as of the 2020 census, making it the third-largest city in the Northeastern United States after New York City and Philadelphia. The larger Greater Boston metropolitan statistical area has a population of 4.9 million as of 2023, making it the largest metropolitan area in New England and the eleventh-largest in the United States.

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Boston Marathon

Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, …

Freedom Trail

Freedom Trail

The Freedom Trail is a 2.5-mile-long (4.0 km) path through Boston that passes by 16 locations significant to the history …

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts

The Museum of Fine Arts (often abbreviated as MFA Boston or MFA) is an art museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It …

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate (also known as the Kennedy Institute) is a non-profit civic …

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

Metropolitan Waterworks Museum

The Waterworks Museum is a museum in the Chestnut Hill Waterworks building, originally a high-service pumping station of the Boston …

James Blake House

James Blake House

The James Blake House is the oldest surviving house in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The house was built in 1661 …

William Hickling Prescott House

William Hickling Prescott House

William Hickling Prescott House, also known as the Headquarters House, is an historic house museum located at 55 Beacon Street …

Paul Revere House

Paul Revere House

The Paul Revere House, built c.1680, was the colonial home of Paul Revere, an American Patriot and Founding Father, during …

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy (1917–1963), the …

Bunker Hill Monument

Bunker Hill Monument

The Bunker Hill Monument is a monument erected at the site of the Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston, Massachusetts, …

USS Cassin Young

USS Cassin Young

USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who …

USS Constitution

USS Constitution

USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is …

The Institute of Contemporary Art

The Institute of Contemporary Art

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) is an art museum and exhibition space located in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The …

Semitic Museum

Semitic Museum

The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (HMANE, previously the Harvard Semitic Museum) is a museum founded in 1889. …

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

Larz Anderson Auto Museum

Larz Anderson Auto Museum is located in the Anderson Carriage House on the grounds of Larz Anderson Park in Brookline, …

Bellingham-Cary House

Bellingham-Cary House

The Bellingham–Cary House is a historic house museum at 34 Parker Street in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The house, built in 1724, …

Granary Burying Ground

Granary Burying Ground

The Granary Burying Ground in Massachusetts is the city of Boston's third-oldest cemetery, founded in 1660 and located on Tremont …

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds

Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds

The Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds is a historic late First Period house at 286 Waverley Avenue in Newton Centre, Massachusetts, …

Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums

The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums: the Fogg Museum (established in 1895), the …

Otis House Museum

Otis House Museum

The First Harrison Gray Otis House is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at 141 Cambridge Street in …

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