These are a few of the many attractions and historical icons to visit in Boston.  

• Adams National Historic Park      www.nps.gov/adam
  135 Adams St Quincy MA 02169 ( 617-770-1175 )
  Birthplaces of the 2nd U.S. President John Adams & the 6th U.S. President  John Quincy Adams. 
• Beacon Hill Monument
• Boston Common      http://www.cityofboston.gov/freedomtr...
  This is one of the largest public parks in the USA
• Boston History      www.bostonhistory.org
• Boston National Historic Park      www.nps.gov/bost
• Boston Public Library      www.bpl.org
  Copley Square  ( 617-536-5400 )  Central Library -- 700 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116
• Boston Tea Party Ship & Museum
• Bunker Hill
• Charles River       http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_...
• Charlestown Navy Yard
• City of Boston     http://www.cityofboston.gov/visitors/...
• Faneuil Hall   ( Cradle of Liberty )      http://www.faneuilhall.com/
• Faneuil Hall Market Place      http://www.faneuilhallmarketplace.com/
• Freedom Trail        www.thefreedomtrail.org
  This is a historical area that is best explored on foot.
• John Hancock Tower
• Harvard Square      www.harvardsquare.com
• Harvard University     www.harvard.edu
• Harvard Museum of Natural History   www.hmnh.harvard.edu                                                                                                                     Take MBTA Red Line to Harvard Square. 6 minute walk from Harvard Square T stop.
• Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum    www.gardnermuseum.org
• John F Kennedy     http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/pre...
  Biographical data about the 35th President of the USA.  
• John F Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum     www.jfklibrary.org
  Columbia Point,  Dorchester,  Boston  MA 02125   ( 617-514-1600 )
  It is easy to access using public transport. Take any MBTA Rapid Transit Red line train to JFK/U_Mass station and switch to the free shuttle bus marked "JFK".
• John F Kennedy National Historic Site      www.nps.gov/jofi
  83 Beals Street, Brookline  ( 617-566-7937 ).  The house where JFK was born  29th May 1917.
• Longfellow National Historic Site      www.nps.gov/long/
  This is the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a famous 19th century poet.
• Massachusetts  State House
• Massachusetts College of Art and Design Curatorial Programs       MassArt.edu
• Free excellent exhibitions and visiting artist lectures.
  
• MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Museum of Fine Arts       www.mfa.org
• Museum of Science       mos.org
• New England Aquarium      www.neaq.org
• Nichols House Museum     www.nicholshousemuseum.org 
• 55 Mount Vernon Street, Beacon Hill. (617) 227-6993.
• A Beacon Hill Federal-style townhouse built in 1804 and the home of Rose Standish Nichols from 1885 to 1960. 
• Paul Revere House      http://www.paulreverehouse.org/
• Old State House      http://www.bostonhistory.org/old_stat...
  The oldest surviving public building in Boston.
• Trinity Church      www.trinitychurchboston.org
  206 Clarendon St Boston MA 02116 ( 617-536-0944 )
• USS Constitution      www.ussconstitution.navy.mil
• USS Constitution Museum      www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org
• Waterfront