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Food

Where to Eat Oysters in Boston and What to Order

New England oysters are named for the place they grew, and the names on the menu are the most useful information you are given.

Nadia Osei / August 18, 2026

Culture

The first large free municipal library in the country, and one of the finest interiors in Boston. Admission has always been nothing.

Eleanor Whitcomb / August 18, 2026

Culture

Two major museums sit within walking distance of each other, and they could hardly be more different in what they ask of you.

Eleanor Whitcomb / August 18, 2026

Harbor

A national park sits in the harbour a short ferry ride from downtown, and most residents have never been.

Terrence Boyle / August 18, 2026

Sport

The oldest ballpark in the majors was built for a different century, which is charming until you buy a seat behind a steel post.

Nadia Osei / August 18, 2026

Research

A few blocks in Boston hold an extraordinary density of teaching hospitals and medical research. Here is what is there and how to navigate it.

Nadia Osei / August 18, 2026

Research

Two universities a mile apart turned a industrial riverfront into one of the densest concentrations of research money on earth.

Nadia Osei / August 18, 2026

Housing

Massachusetts has no rent control, but it does have some of the strictest security deposit law in the country. Know which is which.

Terrence Boyle / August 18, 2026

City Hall

Boston is unusually dependent on the state legislature for its own local decisions. Here is why, and what it means for getting anything done.

Eleanor Whitcomb / August 18, 2026

Transit

Boston's colour-coded rapid transit is older than most systems and stranger than it looks. Here is what each line does, branches included.

Terrence Boyle / August 18, 2026

Transit

What a ride costs, which payment method gets you a free transfer, and the one combination that quietly charges you twice.

Terrence Boyle / August 18, 2026