Boston Public Garden

Central to the Public Garden is a pond on which pedal-powered swan boats provide endless amusement to young visitors. Local residents transformed the lush area from salt marsh to public park in the mid-19th century, and it has since served as an extension to the Common, which is separated from the Garden by Charles Street. Fans of the classic children’s book Make Way for Ducklings should enter at the intersection of Charles and Beacon Streets, where the path to the pond features a bronze sculpture of the story’s web-footed heroes.