Ever wanted to dance in the moonlight, ponder a road not taken, catch a glimpse of an angel, gaze at the stars, sleep with a ghost, sit where a president sat, or even spend a night in jail? Well you can if you go to Boston in the summer. Let me tell you how to do all those things and more, and you will not have a criminal record when we finish, promise.
Begin by booking a room in the bed and breakfast at the Fall River Home where Lizzie Borden killed her mom and step-father back in 1892. That is if rumors of ghostly sightings are not going to bother you.

Or you could spend that night in jail we spoke of. Book a room in the converted Charles Street Jail, which was originally built in 1851. It now offers a more elegant room than the former occupants had access to, a $5,000 a night Presidential Suite.

Taking that dance in the moonlight will be easy for those who visit the Weeks Memorial Footbridge. Tango by moonlight with your sweetheart, indulge in the lively atmosphere as couples celebrate Argentine Dance. Grab your dancing shoes, the dancing is free.

Baseball fans everywhere will appreciate a look inside one of the last remaining manual scoreboards, at Fenway Park they still do it the old way. An autograph hounds paradise is found written on the inside of the left field scoreboard. Every Red Sox player in the teams history has signed his name there.

When President John Kennedy was running for President he needed to meet, and find political backers. He chose to use the room his Grandfather, the former mayor had used so successfully before him. Located in one of Boston’s oldest restaurants the Locke-Ober, this room has seen alot of history. This one is not free, just walk down the sidewalk and pretend you just left from inside, nobody will know.

In order to ponder a road not taken, like the writer Robert Frost, you have to find one. In Boston that is easy enough to do, just take a left into the Beacon Hill area. This area is home to the elite of Boston society. The people are not the reason to go however, it is their gardens. Some of the most spectacular gardens in America exist in Beacon Hill.
A visit to the Auburn Cemetery is a perfect chance to see an angel. In the Bigelow Chapel are Scottish stained glass windows, that are breathtaking in detail. The colors are perfect, even after more than two-hundred years. It was the development of this cemetery that gave us our national parks system.

Star gazers will be happy with a visit to the Coit Observatory, located at Boston University. By the end of summer the Andromeda galaxy is visible to viewers. The farthest point we can see from earth. Amazing, we can look at the moon and then dance beneath it, all in the same city. this is our Boston.

Author Bio: Ira Riklis on Travel

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