How a lively market on Boston Harbor became part of many defining moments of the Colonial and Revolutionary eras ...

Faneuil lived just long enough to see his market completed: a squat, red-brick building, its ground floor dedicated to commerce with a public meeting hall upstairs and a golden dome on top.

U.S. News Insider Tip: Every Friday and Saturday, Haymarket (one America's oldest open-air markets) pops up adjacent to Faneuil Hall ... 128 food stalls on the ground floor and an exhibit space ...