Take This Quirky Road Trip To Visit Massachusetts’ Most Unique Roadside Attractions

What’s your trick for dealing with all those loose papers that seem to pile up out of nowhere? Do you, say, turn them into a summer home? That’s just what Ellis Stenman did in 1922. The ingenious engineer set out to prove that newspaper could be an excellent household insulator and built an entire home out of paper and varnish. If you visit today, you can check out his impressive collection of paper furniture and still read the print on newspapers from decades ago. (52 Pigeon Hill St., Rockport)

This spot in Boston takes the tiny house trend to new extremes. Nicknamed The Skinny House, this residential address is just 10 feet across and 30 feet deep. Why so narrow? The story goes that just after the Civil War, a soldier returned home to find that his brother had built a large home on the land they had jointly inherited from their father. To spite his brother, the soldier built an incredibly narrow home in order to block sun to his brother’s new house. While you can’t go inside (someone actually lives in there), you can check this unique spot out from the street. (44 Hull St., Boston)

This roadside attraction will definitely make you do a double-take. Ponyhenge is a mysterious collection of rocking horses, toy horses, and plastic ponies that have been popping up in a Lincoln field for years. No one knows where the horses are coming from or who is placing them there. Even weirder, the ponies are frequently rearranged in the night and appear in strange and intriguing patterns, such as concentric circles or as if lined up for a race. The owners of the field say they have no clue what’s going on here, but don’t mind the collection of horses. If you want to check out Ponyhenge, head to the address below and observe from the street – the land is private property. (39 Old Sudbury Rd., Lincoln)

If your thing is big chairs, the penultimate stop on our quirky road trip will thrill you to the bone. This massive red chair sits by the side of the road in Gardner, "The Chair City." It was built in 1976 and stands over 20 feet tall. Though its status as the largest chair in the world has been snatched away in recent years, this massive seat is still a fun spot to take a few pictures. (130 Elm St., Gardner)

Sunderland’s famous Buttonball Tree is an America Sycamore that’s actually older than the United States. Planted sometime around 1660, the tree its estimated to be over 350 years old and stands an incredible 113 feet fall. It’s definitely earned the nickname "the widest tree east of the Mississippi" with its girth of 24 feet and 7 inches. Stop by to take a few pictures and fantasize about climbing to the top. (N Main St., Sunderland)