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Boston, Massachusetts | 65 Nowhere else in the United States does the word "freedom" mean so much as in the Cradle of Liberty. On a quiet evening, you can almost hear the echoes of thundering hooves on cobblestones, a ghost of Paul Revere's famous ride by the harbor, and muffled splashes of tea being tossed overboard by painted revolutionaries. Follow in their footsteps on the Freedom Trail, a path that begins in Boston Common—part of the Emerald Necklace of parks that grace the coast—and continues on to landmarks like Faneuil Hall, Old South Meeting Hall, and the hallowed graves of some of our founding fathers. Its historical significance is enough to inspire patriotic pride, but 21 distinctive neighborhoods; Harvard and MIT; and the Red Sox, Patriots, and the Celtics are what fuel regional pride. In "America's Walking City," there's just so much to do within 48 square miles. Swan boats, tall ships, riverboats, and canoes await on the banks; Fenway Park, the Museum of Science, and literary cornerstones remain anchored on shore. From catching up at the original Cheers bar to discovering the cannolis of the North End, and from window-shopping on Newbury Street and in Beacon Hill to peering through the glass of the New England Aquarium, there's no beans about it—Boston always has something extraordinary simmering. BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Cradle of Liberty 0 1/4 miles 0 1/4 km Faneuil Hall State House Quincy Market Aquarium World Trade Center Institute of Contemporary Art Hynes Convention Center Boston Public Library Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Old North Church City Hall Massachusetts Institute of Technology USS Constitution Columbus Ave. Clarendon St. Dartmouth St. Marlborough St. Boylston St. Massachusetts Ave. Berkeley St. Arlington St. Beacon St. Newbury St. Fairfield St. Gloucester St. Hereford St. Chandler St. Belvidere St. St. James Ave. Stuart St. Commonwealth Ave. Exeter St. James J. Storrow Memorial Dr. Charles St. Beacon St. Park St. High St. Northern Ave. Summer St. Atlantic Ave. Summer St. Purchase St. Congress St. Essex St. Kneeland St. Dorchester Ave. Oak St. Harrison Ave. A St. Shawmut Ave. Herald St. Tremont St. Tremont St. Marginal Rd. Devonshir e S t. B e a c h St. Washington St. Charlestown Br. Causeway Prince St. Merrimac St. Stanif o r d S t. Hanover St. Maverick Sumner St. Bremen St. Marginal Callahan Tunnel Sumner Tunnel North St. India St. School St. State St. Milk St. Joy St. Cambridge St. Revere St. Pinckney St. C o m m e r c i al St. Msgr. O'Brien Hwy. Longfellow Br. Main St. Harvard Br. 6th St. Cambridge St. Otis St. 3rd St. Hurley St. Rogers St. Munroe St. Binney St. Charles St. Bent St. 5th St. Thorndike St. Athenaeum St. Broadway Fulkerson St. Ames St. Memorial Dr. Spring St. 2nd St. Edwin Land Blvd. Cambridge Pkwy. 1st St. Bo wdoi n St. N e w Chardon S t. N e w Sudbur y St. Bl os s o m S t . M t. Vernon St. Court S t. C ongress St. Cha rl es S t. Boston Common Public Garden Columbus Park Charlesbank Park BACK BAY SOUTH BOSTON CHARLESTOWN EAST BOSTON FINANCIAL DISTRICT CHINA- TOWN THEATRE DISTRICT NORTH END WEST END GOVERNMENT CENTER WATERFRONT BEACON HILL CAMBRIDGE Charles River Inner Harbor Fort Point Channel 28 28 28 2 9 90 90 28 3 3 3 93 93 1 2 1 3 4