The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum is located in the seaport, a stone’s throw away from South Station. Juxtaposed against the Institute of Contemporary Art, a Starbucks, and that giant Hood milk bottle, the little red building and accompanying colonial ship replica is the past frozen still.

You first enter through the gift shop portion of the museum, which contains all sorts of goodies, from tea sets to colonial-era wooden games, to replicas of the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. My college friend, a massive history buff who introduced me to the place freshman year, bought a fountain pen made from the original wood of a colonial ship.

To get to the restaurant, you walk outside on a ramp above the dock and enter through another door. Everything — from the decor to the music to the outfits of the waitstaff — is themed by the Revolutionary era. Guests can order sandwiches, salads, and bakery items. But the best part, and the main reason I go there regularly, is you can pay only $4 for a bottomless cup of tea.

You heard me, bottomless tea.

AND, not only is the tea bottomless, but the exact tea that is served in the dining room is the very same tea that was dumped overboard during the Boston Tea Party. Like, this is the kind of tea our founding fathers drank. And let me tell you, it is the best tea I have ever tasted.

It’s the perfect destination to do homework or just spend a sunny afternoon. If you sit on the side of the restaurant where you can see the ship out the windows, you can watch reenactments of the Boston Tea Party when the enthusiastic guides give a tour. Whether or not you’re into history like my friend and I, it’s a beautiful place, and its location alone makes it a nice stop on a tour of the city.