Hey now, Boston and surrounding areas are a GREAT place to visit!
Things to do in Boston , for those of you that are interested:
-Fenway Park!
-Freedom Trail
-John Hancock building
-Duck tours
-Swan boats/Gardens
-Plimouth plantation/rock
-Foxboro/Patriot Place (the stadium where the Pats play, and this brand new center for shopping, dining, you name it)
-Faneuil Hall/Quincy Market
-Newbury St
-Boston Ballet
-JFK Library
-Paul Revere house
-Blue Man Group
We have great museums (Museum of Science, Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum) and the New England aquarium is great. There's an IMAX theater right next door as well.
We're also a GIGANTIC college city! There's Harvard, MIT, BU, BC, Northeastern, Lesley, UMass Boston, MassArt, Mass College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Simmons, Emmanuel, Wentworth, Berklee, The Boston Conservatory, Suffolk, Tufts, Wheaton and that's not even half of the Boston-area schools.
Not to mention there are only about a gazillion great places to eat here, too.