Historic Boston a good bet for cheap trip

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Historic Boston a good bet for cheap trip

Boston offers a lot of history for a good price.

Boston Harbor Skyline - the view of downtown Boston from across the harbor in Charlestown.

The old John Hancock building, left of the large tower, and the new John Hancock, the large tower, dominate the skyline in Boston, in this 2004 file photo. Behind and to the far right is the Prudential tower, and foreground is the Boston Common and Public Garden.

A marker, part of which reads "Paul Revere buried in this ground, " is seen on the fence at the Old Granary Burying Ground in Boston. Thousands of visitors come to see the graves of Paul Revere and noted patriots Hancock, Adams and Paine, all three of whom signed the Declaration of Independence.

Tourists take in the Freedom trail, The Paul Revere Statue in foreground with Old North Church in background in the North End. The trail was established in the early 1950s and stretches from Boston Common to the Bunker Hill Monument. The Freedom Trail, a 3-mile journey to 16 relics of Boston's dramatic early history

Elena Milechin and her son Dimitri Jaros look at a view from Prudential building's Skywalk observatory in Boston. John Hancock Tower is seen at right side. The Prudential Tower, located in the Back Bay district, is surrounded by a mall of more than 40 stores. Visitors can take an elevator to the 50th floor Skywalk observatory or to the 52nd floor Top of the Hub restaurant .

The Mother Church in Boston is the worldwide headquarters of the Church of Christ, Scientist.

Danny Ashman of Acton, Mass., relaxes at the New England Aquarium as an Atlantic harbor seal passes in the background in the free outdoor exhibit in Boston.

Aldo DiLemme of North Reading, Mass., guides his girlfriend's grandson, Julian, by the fountains along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway in Boston. The greenway is a 27-acre corridor of parks on land where the elevated portion of Interstate 93 was torn down and replaced by the Big Dig tunnels.

Boston's Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge looms in the background of the city's central artery--the "Green Monster"--was replaced by a new, expanded underground highway.

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Boston Harbor Skyline - the view of downtown Boston from across the harbor in Charlestown.

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