Close your eyes and think of Boston. What do you see? Probably lots of legendary things. Revolutionaries dumping tea into the harbor. Paul Revere on his midnight ride. Shamrocks. Larry Bird sinking a three-pointer. Matt Damon in “Good Will Hunting.” Dave Roberts in 2004, stealing second base in the bottom of the ninth at Fenway—the first spark in a big comeback that paved the way for the first Red Sox World Series win since 1918.
The Massachusetts capital, one of the most historic U.S. cities, is an undeniably iconic place. That makes it a challenge to visit in a single day. But we’ll do our very best, traveling through time and space, back through hundreds of years of history and across this surprisingly compact, walkable—and endlessly compelling—urban center.
