Best stops on I-93 in Massachusetts

All 57 exits ranked by what a road-tripper actually needs: real food choice, easy gas, 24-hour service, and the stops worth a detour. Winners below.

1. Exit 26 — Park Street;Stoneham;Melrose

Milepost 26 · 29 places to eat · 19 gas stations · 22 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Durant-Kenrick House and Grounds, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

2. Exit 17B-A — Airport;Government Center

Milepost 17 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 22 hotels · ♥ The Sports Museum, Paul Revere House

3. Exit 19

Milepost 19 · 29 places to eat · 11 gas stations · 16 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ USS Constitution Museum, Museum of Science

4. Exit 15 — Mass Ave;Roxbury;Andrew Square

Milepost 15 · 29 places to eat · 13 gas stations · 23 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ New England Historic Genealogical Society, Museum of Fine Arts

5. Exit 16B — Purchase Street

Milepost 16 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 20 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum, Quincy Market

6. Exit 7 — Cape Cod

Milepost 7 · 18 places to eat · 13 gas stations · 12 hotels · ♥ United States Naval Shipbuilding Museum, Shea Naval Aviation Museum

7. Exit 1B-1A — Providence Rhode Island

Milepost 1 · 26 places to eat · 4 gas stations · 5 hotels · ♥ Peak House Museum, Signal Hill

8. Exit 25 — Stoneham;Melrose

Milepost 25 · 20 places to eat · 12 gas stations · 4 hotels · ♥ G.A.R. Hall and Museum of Lynn, MA, Middlesex Fells Reservation

9. Exit 14 — Dorchester;South Boston;Columbia Road

Milepost 14 · 29 places to eat · 13 gas stations · 11 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ James Blake House, Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate

10. Exit 16A — Mass Pike;South Station

Milepost 16 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 23 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Boston Children's Museum, The Institute of Contemporary Art

← Every I-93 exit in Massachusetts