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The Age
15-07-2025
- The Age
Port guide: Boston, US
The seafaring capital of Massachusetts is one of America's most attractive cities, notable for excellent museums, great shopping and dining, and a vibrant cultural scene. Follow the Freedom Trail for an insight into the key role Boston played in American independence. Neighbourhoods worth exploring include North End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown, the Literary Cultural District and Cambridge, home to Harvard University. If you have young kids in tow, the Boston Children's Museum and very interactive Museum of Science are both excellent. Art-loving adults will prefer the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Museum of Fine Arts, the best among the city's many interesting museums. Don't miss Boston is one of the world's great sports cities, so you should check if an event is on during your time in port and enjoy an all-American sports experience – and pop-culture one too, complete with cheerleaders, razzmatazz and hotdogs. Major League baseball, basketball, American football, soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey and marathons are among the options. The city is home to top teams in their field such as the Red Sox (at Fenway Park stadium), Boston Celtics (TD Garden) and New England Patriots (Gillette Stadium). Get active Boston is easily one of car-obsessed America's most walkable cities. You can run or walk the five-kilometre Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line, or follow the Esplanade along the Charles River – there's fitness equipment along the way. Boston has many dedicated cycle lanes, some of which run long distances. Various Boston parks – particularly wonderful in autumn – have a schedule of free daily exercises such as Zumba and yoga. Best bites Loading Lots of company headquarters, universities and big hospitals mean plenty of well-paid people, and Boston is packed with excellent restaurants. Seafood and oysters are the traditional specialties, but meat lovers won't be short of steakhouses. Try Mooncusser Fish House for seafood, Comfort Kitchen for soul food and Krasi for Greek food. For contemporary American cuisine tuck in at Field & Vine or Pammy's. Faneuil Hall Marketplace will bag you a picnic. Cocktail bar Equal Measure has been voted one of the best bars in North America. Further afield Notorious witch-trial town Salem (which also has a rich maritime history) and Plymouth Rock where the Mayflower pilgrims arrived (which has a replica of the ship) are among options. History buffs will want to take an American Revolution tour inland to Concord and Lexington, site of two significant independence battlefields.
Sydney Morning Herald
15-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Port guide: Boston, US
The seafaring capital of Massachusetts is one of America's most attractive cities, notable for excellent museums, great shopping and dining, and a vibrant cultural scene. Follow the Freedom Trail for an insight into the key role Boston played in American independence. Neighbourhoods worth exploring include North End, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Chinatown, the Literary Cultural District and Cambridge, home to Harvard University. If you have young kids in tow, the Boston Children's Museum and very interactive Museum of Science are both excellent. Art-loving adults will prefer the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum or Museum of Fine Arts, the best among the city's many interesting museums. Don't miss Boston is one of the world's great sports cities, so you should check if an event is on during your time in port and enjoy an all-American sports experience – and pop-culture one too, complete with cheerleaders, razzmatazz and hotdogs. Major League baseball, basketball, American football, soccer, lacrosse, ice hockey and marathons are among the options. The city is home to top teams in their field such as the Red Sox (at Fenway Park stadium), Boston Celtics (TD Garden) and New England Patriots (Gillette Stadium). Get active Boston is easily one of car-obsessed America's most walkable cities. You can run or walk the five-kilometre Freedom Trail, which is marked by a red line, or follow the Esplanade along the Charles River – there's fitness equipment along the way. Boston has many dedicated cycle lanes, some of which run long distances. Various Boston parks – particularly wonderful in autumn – have a schedule of free daily exercises such as Zumba and yoga. Best bites Loading Lots of company headquarters, universities and big hospitals mean plenty of well-paid people, and Boston is packed with excellent restaurants. Seafood and oysters are the traditional specialties, but meat lovers won't be short of steakhouses. Try Mooncusser Fish House for seafood, Comfort Kitchen for soul food and Krasi for Greek food. For contemporary American cuisine tuck in at Field & Vine or Pammy's. Faneuil Hall Marketplace will bag you a picnic. Cocktail bar Equal Measure has been voted one of the best bars in North America. Further afield Notorious witch-trial town Salem (which also has a rich maritime history) and Plymouth Rock where the Mayflower pilgrims arrived (which has a replica of the ship) are among options. History buffs will want to take an American Revolution tour inland to Concord and Lexington, site of two significant independence battlefields.
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Travel + Leisure
30-06-2025
- Travel + Leisure
This U.S. Desert Trail Was Named One of the Best Hikes in the World—and It's Got Stunning Mountain Views and Pristine Night Skies
There are trails that make you work for views and those that give you the beauty right up front. The Lost Mine Trail in Big Bend National Park is of the latter variety. Just one mile into the 4.8-mile out-and-back trail, you'll reach a saddle that gives hikes stunning views of the Chisos Mountains, including Casa Grande Peak and Juniper Canyon. And though there are 80 official trails in Big Bend National Park that explore all the unique topography of the park from mountains to flatlands, the Lost Mine Trail is arguably one of the park's most rewarding hikes. It winds through the shade of juniper trees and piñon pines high above the Chihuahuan Desert floor. While you should always carry water with you and exercise a healthy amount of precaution during warm-weather hikes in Texas, including slathering up in sunscreen, the trail's high elevation (at about 1,100 feet of elevation) makes it a bit cooler than other options in the park. The effort—and sweat—is all worth it, though. You'll find a sense of solitude and quiet wonder in the quintessential Big Bend vistas the trail offers—and that's what many hikers say leaves the most lasting impression on them. So, it comes as no surprise that this Texas desert hike was named one of AllTrails' '25 Trails to Explore in 2025.' Though most people tend to take this hike on during the day, one AllTrails community member recommended experiencing it during the night of a full moon. 'The switchbacks were illuminated by the moon and the stars, which was incredible," they wrote. Big Bend National Park sits within the Greater Big Bend International Dark Sky Reserve, which is currently the world's Dark Sky Reserve at 9 million acres. Big Bend shares on its website that the park also 'has the least light pollution of any other national park unit in the lower 48 states.' The Lost Mine Trail takes most hikers between two and three hours to complete. The route is rated as 'moderate' on AllTrails. Lost Mine Trail was selected by AllTrails from more than 450,000 trails around the globe, which included routes in New Zealand, the Alps, and Costa Rica. Here are the top 15 trails: Peace Trail, Segment 28: Contrin Refuge - Fedaia Pass (Trento, Italy) Cerro Pelón (Michoacán, Mexico) Boston's Freedom Trail (Massachusetts, United States) Alice-Toxaway and Edith Lake Loop (Idaho, United States) Hump Ridge Track (Southland, New Zealand) Slaughter Pen: All American, Seed Tick, Medusa, and Tatamagouche (Arkansas, United States) Nachi Falls - Kumano Nachi Taisha - Daimonzaka (Nachikatsuura, Japan) Smarts Mountain via Appalachian and Ranger Trail (New Hampshire, United States) Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval - Pas du Boret - Le Bout du Monde (Haute-Savoie, France) Firefly Trail (South Carolina, United States) Lost Mine Trail (Texas, United States) Hoh River Trail to Mineral Creek Falls (Washington, United States Coast to Coast Walk Segment 1: St Bees to Ennerdale Bridge (Cumbria, England) Medicine Root and Castle Trail Loop (South Dakota, United States) Katy Trail (Missouri, United States) For the full list, visit
CBS News
27-06-2025
- CBS News
Boston's Freedom Trail is one of the best free attractions in the country, USA Today says
Learning more about Boston and Paul Revere on the Freedom Trail Learning more about Boston and Paul Revere on the Freedom Trail Learning more about Boston and Paul Revere on the Freedom Trail The Freedom Trail in Boston has once again been named one of the best free attractions in the country by USA Today. The historic route featuring landmarks from the American Revolution was ranked at No. 6 on the newspaper's Top 10 list, beating out well-known destinations like Niagara Falls and The National Mall in Washington, D.C. The Loggerhead Marine Center, a sea turtle conservation site in Florida, was first in the ranking, which is determined by USA Today readers and editors. The Freedom Trail also made the "best free attractions" list in 2023. "Starting at the Boston Common and ending at the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown, the Freedom Trail offers historical insight into the city of Boston," USA Today writes. "It's easy to hop on and off of the Freedom Trail as it weaves throughout the city, highlighting some of Boston's most special places." Freedom Trail tours There are daily walking tour tickets available for purchase through the Freedom Trial Foundation. But anyone can follow the 2.5-mile red brick line that guides visitors to the different historic sites at no charge. The National Park Service offers a free, self-guided "Freedom Trail Audio Tour" that can be downloaded here. The 16 sites on the Freedom Trail are: the Boston Common, the State House, Park Street Church, Granary Burying Ground, King's Chapel & King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston Latin School Site/Benjamin Franklin Statue, Old Corner Bookstore, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, the Boston Massacre Site, Faneuil Hall, the Paul Revere House, Old North Church, Copp's Hill Burying Ground, the U.S.S. Constitution and Bunker Hill Monument.
Boston Globe
30-05-2025
- Business
- Boston Globe
Construction begins on Boston's new $100 million Holocaust museum
When general contractor Lee Kennedy Co. completes the project in late 2026, the Holocaust Museum Boston will stretch across six floors of a 33,000-square-foot building at 125 Tremont St., facing Boston Common and the State House. Kipnis, a former dental hygienist, now leads the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit she formed in 2018 with Ruderman to keep the stories and lessons from the Holocaust alive for new generations. Their foundation bought a three-story building on that site for $11.5 million in 2022, using money that Ruderman and Kipnis contributed. Their initial plans called for retrofitting the structure, but then they decided to build something new, and twice the size, to fulfill their ambitious vision. They expect construction costs will total around $100 million, and say they've already raised around two-thirds of it. A supplemental budget under consideration at the State House could provide up to $10 million in state funds as well. Advertisement It all started with a trip they took in 2018 to Auschwitz with Holocaust survivor and friend David Schaecter, who told them: You've seen Auschwitz, so now what are you going to do? The foundation they created was initially intended to fund fellowships for teens to learn about the Holocaust. The COVID-19 pandemic paused that plan, so Kipnis and Ruderman came up with a more ambitious one, building a museum. Schaecter helped create a Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach, Fla., near where he lives. But Ruderman, owner of the Value Store It chain of self-storage sites, says his friend and former business associate is 'kind of shocked we took it to this level.' Advertisement Kipnis said the Boston site is ideal, not just because of all the people who walk by it every day, but also for its proximity to other themed landmarks, such as the Freedom Trail and the Embrace statue on the Common. 'Think about what all these things represent: It's resistance, it's courage,' Kipnis said. When it opens, the museum will feature a donated Nazi-era rail car, personal artifacts from the Holocaust, as well as an interactive holographic exhibit featuring interviews with Schaecter. (The 30-foot-long rail car is being donated by Sonia Breslow of Arizona, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor.) 'This is not a Jewish museum, this is a museum for everyone,' Ruderman said. 'We're using the Jewish people as an example of what happens when democracy breaks down.' Kipnis added: 'This museum will ensure their stories are told, and the lessons of the Holocaust are not forgotten.' Advertisement This is an installment of our weekly Bold Types column about the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Jon Chesto can be reached at
