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Adams National Historical Park

Adams National Historical Park
Quincy, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 02169
This National Historical Park contains the home of presidents John and John Quincy Adams. It features the house, the surrounding farmland and several other buildings, including the Stone Library.

Boston Public Library

Boston Public Library
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116
The Boston Public Library is the largest municipal public library in the United States and is the third-largest library in the country. It was the first public library to allow people to borrow books and other materials and take them home to read and use.

Copley Square

Copley Square
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116
The square was created following the 1858 filling of most of the Back Bay Fens. Named for the American portraitist John Singleton Copley, the square is surrounded by some of Boston's most well-known buildings.

Copley Square Hotel

Copley Square Hotel
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116
The Copley Square Hotel was built in 1891 and is Boston's second-oldest hotel in continuous operation. The seven-floor hotel is mainly constructed of brick, and recently was given a thorough remodeling.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Boston, Massachusetts, 02125
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States (1961-1963).

Massachusetts State House

Massachusetts State House
Boston, Massachusetts, 02133
The building is situated on 6.7 acres (27,000 m2) of land on top of Beacon Hill in Boston. The dome is topped with a pine cone, symbolizing both the importance of Boston's lumber industry in the early colonial days.

Museum of Fine Arts

Museum of Fine Arts
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has over 400,000 objects in its collection, the second largest permanent museum collection in the United States after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, 01105
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is an American history museum and hall of fame. It serves as the sport's most complete library, in addition to promoting and preserving the history of basketball.

National Monument to the Forefathers (Pilgrim Monument)

National Monument to the Forefathers (Pilgrim Monument)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
It's not an official National Monument, but it was renamed to show that it is dedicated to the entire nation and to keep it from being confused with another monument in the same town called "Pilgrim Monument."

Old North Church

Old North Church
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02113
Old North Church (officially, Christ Church in the City of Boston) is the location from which the famous "One if by land, and two if by sea" signal is said to have been sent. This phrase is related to Paul Revere's midnight ride, of April 18, 1775.

Old Ship Church

Old Ship Church
Hingham, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
The Old Ship Church is a Puritan church built in 1681 in Hingham, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving 17th-century Puritan meetinghouse in America. It occupies the oldest church building in continuous ecclesiastical use in the United States.

Paul Revere House

Paul Revere House
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02113
The Paul Revere House (1680) was the colonial home of American patriot Paul Revere during the time of the American Revolution. A National Historic Landmark, it is now operated as a nonprofit museum by the Paul Revere Memorial Association.

Pilgrim Monument

Pilgrim Monument
Provincetown, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, 02657
The Pilgrim Monument was built between 1907 and 1910 to commemorate the first landfall of the Pilgrims in 1620 and the signing in Provincetown Harbor of the Mayflower Compact.

Plimoth Plantation

Plimoth Plantation
Plymouth, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Plimoth Plantation, founded in 1947, is a living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts, that exhibits the original settlement of the Plymouth Colony established in the 17th century by English colonists, some of whom later became known as Pilgrims.

The Witch House

The Witch House
Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, 01970
The Witch House was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin and is the only structure still standing in Salem, Massachusetts with direct ties to the Salem witch trials of 1692.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Flag
Postal Code: MA
Capital City: Boston
Became a State: February 6, 1788
Population: 6,794,422*
Area: 10,554.39 miles2 (27,335.90 km2)

* 2015 est. U.S. Census Bureau
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Top 10 Most Popular Massachusetts Landmarks

  1. Old North Church
  2. National Monument to the Forefathers (Pilgrim Monument)
  3. The Witch House
  4. Adams National Historical Park
  5. Pilgrim Monument
  6. Massachusetts State House
  7. Boston Public Library
  8. Copley Square Hotel
  9. Copley Square
  10. Museum of Fine Arts

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