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This Davis Square gem fulfills the needs of even the most discriminating music shopper without taxing the wallet. Browse thousands of new and used indie, cult-classic, and mainstream discs.

Sleekly appointed Diva seduces before the first plates of carefully prepared Indian cuisine even arrive.

McKay built the largest and swiftest of the clipper ships in his East Boston shipyard in 1850. The speedy vessels revolutionized long-distance shipping at the time of the California gold rush and gave Boston its last glory days as a mercantile port before the rise of rail transport.

This colonial-style spire offers dizzying views of the city from its cupola.

African-American novelist and essayist West (1907– 98) made sharp observations about class and race conflicts.

This pedestrian shopping area is flanked by Filene’s and Macy’s department stores but is given its real life by the pushcart vendors and downtown office workers who fill the streets.

Here you’ll find large stores such as Macy’s, H&M, Filene’s, and the legendary Filene’s Basement. Additionally, smaller shops ranging from used CD retailers to discount athletic-shoe outlets attract a youthful mix.

Roxbury’s Dudley Square is the heart of African-American Boston as well as the busiest hub in Boston’s public transport network. The Beaux-Arts station is modeled on the great train stations of Europe. Among the square’s many shops and galleries is the Hamill Gallery of African Art, as much a small museum as a gallery. A few blocks from the square, the modest Georgian-style Dillaway-Thomas House reveals Roxbury’s early history, including the period when it served as HQ for the Continental Army’s General John Thomas during the Siege of Boston.

An uncrowded South Shore jewel with soft white sands.