Planning Christmas in Boston? Where you stay can make all the difference. Explore the best neighborhoods and hotels for holiday lights, shopping, the Nutcracker, Holiday Pops, Snowport, and waterfront getaways. Find the right location for your family, romantic weekend, or first Boston Christmas visit.

Experience the magic of Christmas in Boston 2026. From Boston Common's famous Christmas tree and Beacon Hill's festive streets to Holiday Pops, the Nutcracker, seasonal markets, harbor cruises, and historic neighborhoods, discover everything you need to plan an unforgettable holiday visit.

Visiting Boston for Thanksgiving weekend? Stay somewhere central and skip the car. These Boston hotels put you within walking distance of Beacon Hill, Back Bay, TD Garden, the North End, the waterfront and more.

What happens when Boston restaurants' leftover bread becomes the dough for a sellout pizza? Scrappie’s founder Andrew Blau is bringing his inventive, sustainable pizza concept to 42 Charles Street on Beacon Hill, taking over the former Figs restaurant. It's a delicious new chapter in Boston restaurant history — and a story that brings the neighborhood's bread full circle.

Boston-born Harvard graduate Karl Deisseroth has won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for pioneering optogenetics, a revolutionary technology that allows scientists to control individual nerve cells with light.

Spending Thanksgiving in Boston? These restaurants are already announcing Thanksgiving Day 2026 menus, from traditional turkey dinners and waterfront brunches to elegant Back Bay prix-fixe meals. Here’s where to eat, what it costs and how to reserve.

Fall is one of the most beautiful times to visit Boston. Discover the best things to do in October, from Boston Harbor cruises and foliage walks to Salem, ghost tours, historic neighborhoods and classic New England experiences.

There’s another Boston Harborwalk beyond the familiar downtown waterfront. Explore Dorchester’s shoreline, Corita Kent’s iconic Rainbow Swash and the newly connected Neponset River Greenway.

What is it really like to see a concert at MGM Music Hall at Fenway? Go inside the 5,000-person Boston music venue with my photos from Shaboozey’s September 2026 concert — from the packed floor and wraparound balconies to the stage production, lighting and views from different levels.

The Red Sox are back in October, and so is Vamos Boston. I updated last year’s bilingual playoff song for the 2026 roster — with Boston pride, postseason energy, and plenty of fuego.

A rainy morning in Boston’s Seaport reveals a side of the city visitors don’t always see: Celebrity Silhouette at Flynn Cruiseport beside the century-old Innovation and Design Building and Boston Design Center.

The John Hancock Tower's reflective glass was part of a daring architectural idea meant to help a 60-story skyscraper coexist with Trinity Church. Then the windows began falling out. Fifty years after the Boston landmark opened, here's the story behind the design, the Plywood Palace and the tower Boston eventually learned to love.

Boston is small enough to walk, complicated enough to get lost in, and old enough that locals still give directions by landmarks that disappeared years ago. “Gettin’ Lost in Boston” is an original song about the city’s streets, neighborhoods, memories and constant surprises.

Fenway Park may be the reason you arrive, but the surrounding neighborhood is worth exploring too. From Lansdowne Street and MGM Music Hall to late-night donuts, Red Sox history, and easy train access, here’s what to see before and after the game.

As New Balance grows around the world, it is leaning harder into Boston — Brattle Book Shop, Dorchester, Boston Latin and the history behind that famous N. Maybe the company has figured out that Boston itself is one of the most valuable things attached to the brand.

Planning Thanksgiving weekend in Boston? Here’s what to do, where to eat, where to stay and how to make the most of November 26–29, 2026, from holiday markets and Boston walks to Bruins and Celtics games and the first Christmas lights of the season.

My son once shared a third-floor South Boston apartment with two roommates for about $800 each. Then the building disappeared. What replaced it tells a much bigger story about the Boston we are becoming.

Boston now has seven Michelin Key hotels, including three Two-Key properties. Here’s where they are, what makes each one distinctive, and which part of the city may suit your trip best.

Massachusetts voters will decide Question 7 during the November 3 midterm election. The proposal asks a deceptively simple question: How much land should someone need to build a house?

Newly released federal records contain surprising Massachusetts connections involving Ghislaine Maxwell, a Quincy developer, law-enforcement database records and allegations sent to federal investigators. The documents do not prove a Massachusetts conspiracy, but they raise important questions about power, policing, prosecutorial independence and who investigates whom.