Tufts University: Though the Tufts campus is mainly located in Medford, the Somerville–Medford border actually runs through it.
The school employs many local residents and has many community service projects that serve the city, especially those run through the Leonard Carmichael Society and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the latter of which especially emphasizes public service in Tufts' host communities.

Isaac Royall House, a 1692 house operated as a non-profit museum.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford: Medford's first religious community since 1690.

Amelia Earhart residence, 76 Brooks Street
John Wade House, built 1784, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975
Former site of Fannie Farmer's house, corner of Paris & Salem Streets
Grandfather's House
Grace Church, designed by H. H. Richardson
Gravity Research Foundation monument at Tufts University
Henry Bradlee Jr. House
Jingle Bells historical marker, High Street
Salem Street Burying Ground
Old Ship Street Historic District: Area around Riverside Ave (formerly Ship Street) containing many historic homes
United States Post Office–Medford Main, historic 1937 building
Tufts University: Though the Tufts campus is mainly located in Medford, the Somerville–Medford border actually runs through it. The school employs many local residents and has many community service projects that serve the city, especially those run through the Leonard Carmichael Society and the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, the latter of which especially emphasizes public service in Tufts' host communities.
Isaac Royall House, a 1692 house operated as a non-profit museum.
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford: Medford's first religious community since 1690.
Amelia Earhart residence, 76 Brooks Street
John Wade House, built 1784, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975
Former site of Fannie Farmer's house, corner of Paris & Salem Streets
Grandfather's House
Grace Church, designed by H. H. Richardson
Gravity Research Foundation monument at Tufts University
Henry Bradlee Jr. House
Jingle Bells historical marker, High Street
Salem Street Burying Ground
Old Ship Street Historic District: Area around Riverside Ave (formerly Ship Street) containing many historic homes
United States Post Office–Medford Main, historic 1937 building
Medford, Massachusetts