Charlestown (Boston), Massachusetts

North of the tip of the Boston peninsula, across the Charles River, is the mostly-residential district of Boston called Charlestown.

It's easy to spot: look for the Bunker Hill Monument at its highest point, and on the riverbank in the former Boston Navy Yard, the tall 18th-century masts of the USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides").

You can walk to Charlestown from the North End,Haymarket Square or Government Center across the Charlestown Bridge in about 15 minutes.

If you visit Old North Church in the North End, walk uphill to the old burying ground (cemetery) and look across the water—you'll see Charlestown, marked by the Bunker Hill Monument, with Old Ironsides in the water below.