These impressively detailed battle scenes depict the violence and tragedy of war in miniature.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

A memorial sculpture to heath hens stands on the spot where the last heath hen, Booming Ben, was last seen.

A remnant of the 19th-century dream to discourage people from drinking booze by offering them water.

This Cape Cod museum exhibits what it claims is the only authenticated pirate treasure in the world.

A little Lego easter egg is hidden underwater in the Boston Tea Party tableau at Miniland.

A pig barn converted into one of the most eclectic residences in Nantucket.

A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.

The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.

The ruins of one of the first railroads in the U.S. lie hidden within a neighborhood cul-de-sac.

In order to save this beloved rock, locals blew it up and put it back together piece by piece.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.

This donated headstone marks the grave of a pair of elderly women who were mysteriously murdered.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

Everyone's favorite neighbor is remembered fondly in this small-town church.

Solar powered Spectacle Island features all-green facilities.

A disastrous shipwreck and a tragic love story.

This headstone marks the grave of an 11-year-old boy killed during clashes in the streets over the boycotting of British goods.

This small glass cube is a peaceful out-of-the-way sanctuary at the busy airport.

One of the largest public collection of historic armored and military vehicles in North America.

A comic book store got the road by its shop officially renamed after Superman's girlfriend.