Peek inside the impressive courthouse on Pemberton Sq, which is home of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (the oldest appellate court in the country), as well as the Appeals Court and the Social Law Library. You can't enter the courtrooms, but you can admire the barrel-vaulted ceiling in the Great Hall and peruse the small exhibits – one on John Adams and the other on the Sacco & Vanzetti trial.
John Adams Courthouse
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Minute Man National Historic Park
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DeCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
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