Boston Civic Center Tourist Scavenger Hunt

Boston Civic Center Tourist Scavenger Hunt

Are you planning a visit to Boston? Our downtown tourist scavenger hunt will take you from Old City Hall to the New England Aquarium by way of Boston Commons, Massachusetts State House, and Faneuil Hall!
You will have to solve challenges at every step to discover your next destination. At each step, you will learn a little history as well as interesting facts about what surrounds you.
Boston is the capital of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the largest city in this eastern state of the United States. Its own population is slightly less than 700,000, but its metropolitan area exceeded 4.5 million in 2017.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Old City Hall, 45 School St, Boston, MA 02108-3206

Learn some history as well as solve your first 2 challenges.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: Boston Irish Famine Memorial, Washington St., Boston, MA

Follow the Freedom Trail to this site for a little more history and another challenge

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Old South Meeting House, 310 Washington St, Boston, MA 02108-4616

Learn about the Boston Tea Party and the significance of this site. You'll also have another 2 challenges here.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Boston Opera House, 539 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111-1718

Discover a little culture while you solve more challenges

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Emerson Paramount Center, 559 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111, USA

We discuss architectural styles here and you'll solve a cipher.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Boston Common, 139 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02111-1318

Discover the history of this site, as well as the many TV shows and films that have shot here. There's a challenge with the monuments.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Massachusetts State House, 24 Beacon St Beacon Hill, Boston, MA 02133-1099

Admire this grand building whose cornerstone was laid by Paul Revere. There's an observational challenge here.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Park Street Church, One Park Street, Boston, MA 02108-4899

Discover a little about this church

Stop At: Granary Burying Ground, Tremont Street (between Park and School Sreets), Boston, MA 02108

Discover the many illustrious American patriots buried here, which include Paul Revere, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Tremont Temple Baptist Church, 88 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108, Boston, MA 02108-4101

Learn the ever-changing history of this church and find out which famous Texan once delivered an anti-slavery speech here. There's a complicated challenge here.

Duration: 10 minutes

Stop At: King's Chapel, 58 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02108-3201

Description of this architecturally different chapel with a political challenge.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Old State House, 206 Washington St, Boston, MA 02109-1702

Can you properly identify the animals represented on this former state house? Learn about the Boston Massacre.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 1 Faneuil Hall Sq Quincy Market, Boston, MA 02109-1604

Learn about Peter Faneuil, and about Sam Adams.

Duration: 5 minutes

Pass By: Boston City Hall, 1 City Hall Sq, Boston, MA 02201-1020

Admire this brutalist-styled building, or not, it's up to you.

Stop At: Quincy Market, 4 S Market St, Boston, MA 02109-6201

Quincy Market replaced Faneuil Hall in 1826. Learn a little history as we as what you'll find here today. There is a complex challenge, don't be afraid to skip if you're not up to it.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Union Oyster House, 41 Union St, Boston, MA 02108, USA

This cover the oldest still operating restaurant in the United States.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Bell In Hand Tavern, 45 Union St # 55, Boston, MA 02108-2409

Discover the oldest tavern in American as well as the origin of this one's name.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: New England Holocaust Memorial, Between Congress and Union Streets, Boston, MA 02109

Pay your respects as you solve a challenge by discovering who wrote a particular poem.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Rose Kennedy Greenway, JFK Surface Road, Boston, MA 02111

Admire Boston's longest and most varied park above the O'Neill Tunnel (underground highway).

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Christopher Columbus Waterfront Park, Atlantic Ave Richmond St, Boston, MA 02110

Take a moment to relax and look out at the sea.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Boston Harbor Cruises, Boston, MA 02110

Learn about Boston's Harbourwalk Trail and another film location.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: New England Aquarium, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110-3309

Another observational challenge awaits you here.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Marriott's Custom House, 3 McKinley Sq, Boston, MA 02109-2609

Find out the history of this Custom House before it was converted into an exclusive hotel. There's a challenge under your feet!

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Codman Building, 55 Kilby St, Boston, MA 02109, USA

Take a look at this 2-styled architectured building and a memorial to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

Duration: 5 minutes

Stop At: Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02110, USA

Final location of this scavenger hunt and final challenge.

Duration: 5 minutes