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• Survey the Boston Skyline from atop the Prudential Tower (website: www.prudentialcenter.com). The Skywalk viewing platform on the 52nd floor offers spectacular views over the city.
• Also in Boston, see the 1822 USS Constitution at Charlestown Navy Shipyard, soak up the culture at the Museum of Fine Arts (website: www.mfa.org), learn of the planet's living creatures at the famous Museum of Science (website: www.mos.org), or hear Kennedy's famous speech at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (website: www.jfklibrary.org).
• Explore the Old North Church (website: www.oldnorth.com), the oldest standing church in Boston, which witnessed the start of the American Revolution. From more modern time visit the Cheers Bar, upon which the popular TV series was based.
• Tour Harvard University in Cambridge (website: www.harvard.edu), the USA's oldest university (1636).
• Dare to venture into Salem (website: www.salemweb.com), famous for the 1692 witch trials and its seafaring history.
• Visit Concord, one of the most historic and beautiful towns in the USA. Its Old North Bridge was the site of the ‘shot heard round the world' in the opening engagement of the American War of Independence. The engagement commenced on what is now called Battle Road in Lexington on 15 April 1775.
• See Battleship Cove (website: www.battleshipcove.org) in Fall River. The cove harbours 20th-century US Navy vessels and is the world's largest historic naval exhibit.
• Hear the story of American whaling at New Bedford Whaling Museum (website: www.whalingmuseum.org), the world's oldest museum of its kind, displaying the skeleton of a rare, 20m (66ft) blue whale. New Bedford's whaling chapel, Seamen's Bethel, inspired Herman Melville's description in Moby Dick (website: www.newbedford.com).
• Learn about the development of arms and armour at the Higgins Armory (website: www.higgins.org) in Worcester. Set in a medieval castle, it contains the largest on-display collection of medieval and Renaissance armour in the western hemisphere.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.
• Also in Boston, see the 1822 USS Constitution at Charlestown Navy Shipyard, soak up the culture at the Museum of Fine Arts (website: www.mfa.org), learn of the planet's living creatures at the famous Museum of Science (website: www.mos.org), or hear Kennedy's famous speech at the John F Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum (website: www.jfklibrary.org).
• Explore the Old North Church (website: www.oldnorth.com), the oldest standing church in Boston, which witnessed the start of the American Revolution. From more modern time visit the Cheers Bar, upon which the popular TV series was based.
• Tour Harvard University in Cambridge (website: www.harvard.edu), the USA's oldest university (1636).
• Dare to venture into Salem (website: www.salemweb.com), famous for the 1692 witch trials and its seafaring history.
• Visit Concord, one of the most historic and beautiful towns in the USA. Its Old North Bridge was the site of the ‘shot heard round the world' in the opening engagement of the American War of Independence. The engagement commenced on what is now called Battle Road in Lexington on 15 April 1775.
• See Battleship Cove (website: www.battleshipcove.org) in Fall River. The cove harbours 20th-century US Navy vessels and is the world's largest historic naval exhibit.
• Hear the story of American whaling at New Bedford Whaling Museum (website: www.whalingmuseum.org), the world's oldest museum of its kind, displaying the skeleton of a rare, 20m (66ft) blue whale. New Bedford's whaling chapel, Seamen's Bethel, inspired Herman Melville's description in Moby Dick (website: www.newbedford.com).
• Learn about the development of arms and armour at the Higgins Armory (website: www.higgins.org) in Worcester. Set in a medieval castle, it contains the largest on-display collection of medieval and Renaissance armour in the western hemisphere.
See Contact Addresses for further tourist information.