Eccentric Homes in Massachusetts

It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.

The home of a famed utopian science fiction author has been preserved long after his predicted future in the year 2000.

Narrowest house in Boston.

This is the house that spite built.

The homestead of American patriot John Adams.

One man's psychedelic fence is painted with his cacophonous folk art musings on the world.

The oldest surviving wood-frame building in North America is still in the family.

This unassuming Massachusetts residence was built with a trap door to hide escapees on the Underground Railroad.

This Massachusetts home was the first to have a telephone line and its own phone number: 1.

One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.

The sprawling, eccentric estate of Ames and Ames, a brilliant botanist, and a genius inventor and artist.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

The mansion home of author Edith Wharton.

Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."

Site of the creepy house used in Lucio Fulci's "The House by the Cemetery."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.