Workin' for the Man bringing you down? Stressed about your annoying roommate, your shaky finances, your subpar grades? Head to the Park Street T station. Walk northeast on Tremont Street for a few yards, and swing a left into the Old Granary Burying Ground, which has been sitting at this spot for almost 350 years. The graveyard -- the last resting place for luminaries like Paul Revere, Peter Faneuil, John Hancock, and Sam Adams -- is the perfect place to put your problems in perspective. Hushed despite its downtown location, shaded by a host of towering trees, and filled with reminders (often morbid -- check out that gravestone art!) of where we're all headed, a five-minute stroll through the Granary Burying Ground can be, oddly enough, a genuinely uplifting experience. Re-emerge into the 21st century, and your mundane problems will seem less troubling. You'll also have a heightened appreciation for the good stuff it's all too easy to overlook.

Old Granary Burial Ground, Bromfield and Tremont Streets, Boston.