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If you’ve arrived in the Land of Oz by way of Kansas, you might be asked to follow the yellow-brick road; however, if you find yourself touching down in Boston, chances are good you’ll want to walk along a red-brick road instead.

The red-brick path is a walking trail known as the Freedom Trail, a place to learn about the American Revolution in a way you’ll find in no other city. The Freedom Trail leads visitors along 2.5 miles of red brick to sixteen historic sites, which were preserved by Boston’s citizens 52 years ago in 1958. The trail consists of churches and museums, cemeteries and meeting houses, parks, historic markers, and even a ship, all revealing what happened during the American Revolution in the 1700s.

Once you’ve checked into one of the great rooms available in Boston , you can take a stroll on the Freedom Trail and see the places where history shaped and formed the United States. Begin with The Boston Common, which is the oldest park in America, and originated in 1634, only four years after the city itself was established.

Move on to the State House, one of the oldest buildings on Beacon Hill. Then go by the Park Street Church, one of the spots where slavery was first protested, and the Granary Burying Ground, a cemetery that contains the remains both of John Hancock and Paul Revere, among many other notable people of the Revolution.

As you continue along the path, you’ll find the King’s Chapel and the King’s Chapel Burying Ground, a statue of Benjamin Franklin and the Boston Latin School, the Old Corner Book Store, the Old South Meeting House, and the Site of the Boston Massacre. You’ll find Faneuil Hall, where Americans first protested the Sugar Act and the Stamp Act, the first place where the idea of no taxation without representation arose. You’ll also find on this trail Paul Revere’s House, the Old North Church, Copp’s Hill Burying Ground and the Bunker Hill Monument. Finally, you’ll discover the USS Constitution, which is the oldest warship (that was commissioned) that’s still floating in the world.

While there are only 2.5 miles of the Freedom trail, it’s a path that may take you a few days to properly explore as you investigate America in the 18th Century.