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21. Boston Common
Boston's central public park, established in 1634, with the Frog Pond, Civil War memorials, an old burying ground and the visitor centre where the Freedom Trail begins.
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100 places · Updated November 12, 2026
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Boston's central public park, established in 1634, with the Frog Pond, Civil War memorials, an old burying ground and the visitor centre where the Freedom Trail begins.
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Manhattan's 843-acre green heart stretches from 59th to 110th Street, with lakes, meadows, bridges and landmarks such as Bethesda Terrace and Bow Bridge.
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Next to the Space Needle, Chihuly Garden and Glass shows Dale Chihuly's studio glass in indoor galleries, a tall Glasshouse and a planted garden.
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The Field Museum on the Museum Campus is a natural history museum founded in 1893, known for Sue the T. rex and its galleries on ancient Egypt and the Americas.
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Five-block pedestrian mall in Downtown Las Vegas under a giant LED canopy, with free nightly light shows, live music on three stages and the SlotZilla zipline.
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Golden Gate Park is a 1,017-acre park stretching over three miles to Ocean Beach, home to major museums, gardens, a lake and a bison paddock.
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More than 2,800 brass and terrazzo stars line Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street, honouring figures from film, television, music, radio and live performance.
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PAMM is downtown Miami's modern and contemporary art museum, set in Museum Park on Biscayne Bay between the Arsht Center and the Kaseya Center.
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The Smithsonian museum devoted to African American history and culture, opened in 2016 in a bronze-coloured building beside the Washington Monument.
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The Cathedral-Basilica of St Louis, King of France, faces Jackson Square and is one of the oldest cathedrals in continuous use in the United States.
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A formal garden established in 1837 beside Boston Common, with a lagoon crossed by a small bridge, Swan Boats and the Make Way for Ducklings statues.
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A 1,300-acre park in Mid-City with ancient live oaks, lagoons, a botanical garden, a vintage carousel, NOMA and its free sculpture garden.
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Housed in a Frank Gehry building at Seattle Center, MoPOP covers music, film, science fiction and games, with a large Jimi Hendrix collection.
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Frost Science is a science museum, aquarium and planetarium in Museum Park, best known for its three-level aquarium and a large domed planetarium.
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SFMOMA is San Francisco's modern and contemporary art museum in SoMa, with works by Kahlo, Rothko, Pollock and Warhol across seven gallery levels.
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Built in 1909 and now a National Historic Landmark, Santa Monica Pier stretches into the Pacific with Pacific Park's rides, food stands, street performers and ocean views.
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Opened in 1930 on the lakefront, Shedd Aquarium houses aquatic life from around the world in galleries such as Amazon Rising, Wild Reef and the Abbott Oceanarium.
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Museum of organised crime and law enforcement in Downtown's restored 1933 post office and courthouse, with a basement speakeasy and distillery, open daily from 9am to 9pm.
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MoMA in Midtown holds one of the most important collections of modern and contemporary art, from Van Gogh and Picasso to film, design and photography.
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The domed home of the US Congress on Capitol Hill, visited on free guided tours from the underground Capitol Visitor Center on its east side.
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