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Boston

(Massachusetts)

Beantown wears its impressive heritage on its sleeve.

Calling this quaint and charming city the 'Athens of America' might seem a bit braggadocio, but the city's 19th-century glory radiates through its grand architecture, its population of literati, artists and educators and its world-renowned academic and cultural institutions.

Disastrous 'urban renewal' projects in the 1950s provoked such a furious backlash that Boston now has some of the best preserved historic buildings and neighbourhoods in the country. Compact, walkable, historic and clean, the city blends old-world beauty and modern convenience.

Books

	The New England Mind (Perry Miller)

	Digest these two volumes for compendious detail on highbrow Boston and Cambridge.

	The Bostonians (Henry James)

	A classic portrait of love, money and women's lib in the Golden Age.

	The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

	Romance, adultery, hearts of darkness - no, it's not the newest Danielle Steel, but Nathaniel Hawthorne's ode to the letter A.

	Boston Society of Architects' AIA Guide to Boston (Susan & Michael Southworth)

	This guide to Boston's historic and modern architecture offers walking tours and details about specific buildings in the city as well as in Charlestown and Cambridge.