You can see, hear, feel, and sometimes even smell the history throughout Massachusetts. Check out the very rock where the Pilgrims landed, and visit Plimoth Patuxet Museums to see what life was like in the 1600s. Or experience life in the 1830s over at Old Sturbridge Village, one of the country’s oldest and largest living history museums. Walk the Freedom Trail in downtown Boston, where every step tells a story of the American Revolution or listen for the famous “shot heard round the world” on Lexington Green, where the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired. Sit where the giants of the abolitionist movement sat in the brilliantly restored African American Meeting House. Feel the hull of Old Ironsides, otherwise known as the USS Constitution.
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Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
Boston
Three hundred fifty years of American history along an outdoor 2.5-mile red brick trail; begin at Boston Common (or anywhere... more
Irish Heritage Trail
Boston
Self-guided, three mile walking tour through Boston's downtown, North End, Beacon Hill and Back Bay; 20 public landmarks honor famous Irish... more
Joseph S. Kennedy Tours
Boston
Built in 1985, the fifty foot Joseph S. Kennedy was a Navy Utility Boat assigned to the U.S.S. Roosevelt.... more
King's Chapel
Boston
First Anglican church in Boston (1754); interior considered finest example of Georgian church architecture in North America; continues to be used... more
Old Corner Bookstore
Boston
Built in 1718; home to Ticknor and Fields Publishing House frequented by Dickens, Emerson, Longfellow, and Thoreau; now a 'Boston Globe'... more
The Path To Independence: Tour of the Freedom Trail
Boston
Our guides take visitors through the historic Freedom Trail of Boston. Tickets available every day at 10:30 or 11:30 more
Trinity Church
Boston
Trinity Church is a masterpiece of American architecture. Dedicated in 1877, Trinity presented a bold, fresh new face and feeling for... more
The West End Museum
Boston
The West End Museum is a neighborhood museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and interpretation of the history and culture... more
Ye Olde Tavern Tours
Boston
Ye Olde Tavern Tours offers historic tavern tours in Boston. You'll walk along the Freedom Trail and see historic sites... more
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Freedom Trail - Boston National Historical Park
15 State St.
Boston
5082384472 - B
Irish Heritage Trail
Back Bay
Boston
617-696-9280 - C
Joseph S. Kennedy Tours
Rowes Wharf
Boston
617-818-2773 - D
King's Chapel
58 Tremont St
Boston
617-227-2155 - E
Old Corner Bookstore
283 Washington St.
Boston
(617) 442-1859 - F
The Path To Independence: Tour of the Freedom Trail
139 Tremont Street
Boston
9787411170 - G
Trinity Church
Copley Square
206 Clarendon Street
Boston
617-536-0944 - H
The West End Museum
150 Staniford Street
Boston
6177232125 - I
Ye Olde Tavern Tours
Freedom Trail
Boston
000-000-0000
Epic History: it's all here
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