Weld Hall was JFK's first home at Harvard, which he entered in 1936.

Kennedy was a member of this finals club while at Harvard, and was apparently fond of writing letters on Spee stationery.

His kid brother Robert was also later a member.

The Harvard school named for him actually predates Kennedy's entry into government.

It was rechristened for the late president in 1966.

The public park just off John F. Kennedy Street in Harvard Square is at its brightest in May. Why? It's planted with flowers and assorted foliage that bloom right around JFK's May 29 birthday.

When Senator and Mrs. Kennedy voted in the basement here on November 8, 1960, it was the West End Branch of the Boston Public Library.

JFK was a regular at America's oldest continuously operating restaurant during his first years in politics.

Most Sunday afternoons he could be found at Table 18, eating lobster stew and reading newspapers.

Apartment 36, a two-bedroom on the third floor, served as Kennedy's headquarters for his 1946 congressional run; and remained his registered voting address for the rest of his life, including when he lived in the White House.

It's still an apartment building, with two-bedrooms now starting at $2,700 a month.

In 1952, JFK set up his Senate campaign headquarters in this four-story commercial building off Post Office Square.

Brother Robert Kennedy ran the effort, which is said to have been the first truly statewide Senate race in Massachusetts history.

Kennedy headquartered his 1946 congressional campaign in a second-floor suite in this 12-story office building.

Kennedy kicked off his 1946 congressional race at the nation's oldest continuously operating hotel.

He also had his bachelor party here in 1953; and legend has it that he delivered his first speech at the Omni Parker at the tender age of 6: A brief statement about the greatness of his maternal grandfather, former Boston Mayor John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, at a party in the man's honor.

President-elect Kennedy addressed a joint session of the legislature on January 9, 1961.

It was a farewell address of sorts to Massachusetts: "For 43 years, whether I was in London, or in Washington, or in the South Pacific, or elsewhere—this has been my home. And, God willing, wherever I serve, this shall remain my home."

This 12-story commercial building hosted the headquarters of Kennedy’s 1960 presidential run.

JFK was baptized into the Roman Catholic faith at this church on June 17, 1917.

The archdiocese of Boston sold St. Aidan's in 2003, and it was incorporated into a mixed-use housing complex.

The Brookline house at 83 Beals Street where JFK was born and lived for the first three years of his life is a national park and therefore free (the family reacquired it in 1966, following his assassination).

Tours should be scheduled at least two weeks in advance, however.

JFK attended kindergarten into third grade here.

The middle section of the public school—known today as the Coolidge Corner School—is the only section remaining from Kennedy’s time.

The future president attended part of fourth and fifth grades at this private school that his father Joseph Sr. helped found after the closure of the lower school at Noble & Greenough (it's now known as Dexter Southfield).

The Kennedys then decamped for New York City and JFK for boarding schools outside of the Boston area.

JFK attended this private boarding school for part of third grade and some of fourth.