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Vote with Your Travel Dollars: 10 Reasons to Visit Boston

2. The Museums

Boston is known for its Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Science, but it also has some smaller museums that are a real surprise. Inside the Christian Science Plaza is the Mary Baker Eddy Library, named after the founder of Christian Science, where you can step inside the grand Mapparium. The three-story stained-glass globe offers a unique journey into the center of the Earth–where you’re surrounded by a 1935 map of the world that is hand painted onto the glass panels. A light and sound show gives the historic center a modern twist.

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