Unless you’re a hockey player or a figure skater, chances are you don’t get around ice rinks often, making it all the more exciting when outdoor rinks begin to open around the city. Bundle up, gra
Boston’s official Christmas tree is pretty special—and not just because you can follow it on Twitter (@treeforboston). The nearly 50-foot, 40-year-old white spruce traveled all the way from Nova Scotia to Boston Common, accompanied by a police escort on the last leg of its journey.
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It's not even Thanksgiving yet, but holiday lights are being strung up
around Boston, and the city's many tree-lighting ceremonies are poised
to begin. Get into the holiday spirit by attending one or more of these
special events.
Faneuil Hall is welcoming some new tenants to the location of the former Comedy Connection club. These newcomers aren’t particularly funny or lively.
Historic Faneuil Hall has been a center of commerce in Boston since it was gifted to the city in 1742, and it's as vibrant as ever today.
Whether you're a Halloween fiend or a sucker for anything pumpkin-flavored, fall is a terrific time to be in Boston. Here are our top picks for what to see, do and eat to get in the seasonal spirit.
In a city as old as Boston, there are bound to be a few ghosts hanging around. Founded in 1630, the city has seen its share of tragedy. Here are a few of Boston’s most haunted places.
The American Revolution meets the digital revolution in a new app from
the Freedom Trail Foundation. The Granary Top 100 app profiles 100
notable people interred at the Granary Burying Ground. It fe
Boston is home to plenty of ghastly stories, from the accidental uncovering of a mass grave full of de-limbed British Redcoats to the not-so-distant-memory of the Boston Strangler.
For a little over a year, a boy in colorful pajamas crouched in a corner of Boston’s Greenway. The Os Gemeos mural in Dewey Square had its share of detractors, but many were sad to see it go.
