Location: Dorchester / Roxbury / Mattapan
Top Things to do in Dorchester / Roxbury / Mattapan
6 Sights & Landmarks in Dorchester / Roxbury / Mattapan That You Shouldn't Miss
Walk the Freedom Trail the first time you visit Boston and you'll quickly get a sense of this coastal city's revolutionary spirit and history. But make sure you also explore some of Boston's fine museums (try the Isabella Stewart Gardner, featuring masterpieces displayed in their collector's mansion) and old neighborhoods (like the North End, Boston's Little Italy). You can't claim to have experienced real Boston culture, though, until you've watched a Red Sox game from the bleachers.
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1. Nichols House Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 63 reviews
The Nichols House Museum's mission is: To preserve and interpret the 1804 townhouse that was from 1885 until 1960 the home of Rose Standish Nichols, landscape gardener, suffragist and pacifist. The house was built by Jonathan Mason and is attributed to Charles Bulfinch. The museum educates visitors by providing a unique glimpse into the domestic life in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries on Boston's historic Beacon Hill.
Reviewed By RainelleT_13 - Sagamore Beach, United States
We arrived at an awkward time: 1:20. Tours are conducted on the hour, though we'd not been aware of this until reading that info on the door I found to be locked when trying to turn the knob. Not wanting to stagnate for forty minutes, we headed away from the entry....only to be called back by a kindly voice. As no one had come for the 1:00 tour, we were told that we could have one...even though we were between times. Our guide was a young woman named Laura, and she was just wonderful. Her knowledge about, and presentation of the interesting facts about this house on Beacon Hill and the generations of the Nichols family who lived there, were outstanding. She fielded and answered all questions easily. Hope you find a time to visit!
2. Park Street Church
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 132 reviews
A stop on the Freedom Trail, this 1809 church is noted for its 200-foot steeple.
Reviewed By KimGTravels - Pacific Grove, United States
Located on Boston's Freedom Trail, across from Boston Common is perched this beautiful traditional New England church built in 1809 by architect Peter Banner. Inspired by a church in London designed by famed architect Christopher Wren, its 217 foot steeple at one time was the first Boston landmark visible from afar, while approaching the city. The church became known as "Brimstone Corner", not only for the style of preaching within, but also due to the gunpowder stored during the War of 1812. Henry James claimed it: "the most interesting mass of brick and mortar in America". Services and weddings are still held within.
3. Shirley-Eustis House
4. Downtown Crossing
Overall Ratings
3.5 based on 180 reviews
Reviewed By beverlym427 - Springfield, United States
The shops at downtown crossing are excellent. We travel here at least once a month. The past 2 times there has been a heavy police presence. We had no idea why until our last trip which was in the 1st week of November. The ongoing problem is the homeless people and the drug addicts. They are more aggressive when panhandling. Our 1st night here we witnessed many people drinking liquor openly and chasing tourists to try to get money. We made sure we were always near the groups of policemen. If the police were not present, I don’t think I would feel safe shopping in this area. Our hotel concierge told us that the city is faced with not only the COVID epidemic but also a heroin pandemic. It certainly is true in this area. People were stumbling around, passed out or screaming obscenities to passerby’s. I would recommend only traveling to this area in the day time hours.
