Back Bay

Famed for its rows of Victorian brownstone homes, the Back Bay neighborhood is widely regarded as one of the best-preserved examples of 19th-century urban design in the entire United States. It’s also home to the Boston Public Library, the third-largest public library in the country, with nearly 24 million items in its collection. Not much of a reader? No worries: Back Bay is also host to the fashionable shopping districts of Newbury and Boylston Streets, as well as innumerable other attractions.