>> THIS IS "CHRONICLE" ON WCVB CHANNEL 5.
ANTHONY: DEEP IN THE WOODS, AND UNUSUAL PROJECT.
>> I PICK THINGS UP THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING RID OF AND I BRING THEM HERE.
ANTHONY: AND A GATEWAY TO ASIA.
>> IF YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THAILAND, WELCOME TO THAILAND AND YOU DID NOT HAVE TO TAKE AN AIRPLANE.
ANTHONY: INSIDE A CROWDED KITCHEN, THE PORTAL TO ANOTHER WORLD.
>> OPENING THE FRIDGE AND HAVING THIS EXPANSIVE ARCADE JUST THERE TO GREET YOU.
ANTHONY: TONIGHT, ANTHONY EVERETT MAKES SURPRISING DISCOVERIES.
>> PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING IT AND THEY STUMBLE UPON IT LIKE, OH.
>> THE SOUTH END’S BEST-KEPT SECRET.
>> JP’S RECORD STORE.
>> YOU CAN GO AND BUY SOME RECORDS.
>> OF 10’S STONE -- UPTON’S STONE CHAMBER.
>> IT GOES UP INTO A LONG TUNNEL.
>> MORE NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
NEXT ON "CHRONICLE." SHAYNA: GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
WE’VE BEEN OUT WALKING IN THE WOODS, STROLLING THE SIDEWALK, EVEN GOING UNDERGROUND.
ALL TO MAKE SOME SURPRISING DISCOVERIES.
ANTHONY: MOST SURPRISING?
THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WE FOUND IN A SUBURBAN FOREST.
♪ ANTHONY: NEW ENGLAND’S FOREST, A NETWORK OF NOOKS AND CRANNIES.
OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE STUMBLED UPON THE LIFE ALSO PRIZES HERE -- DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES HERE.
>> ALL ABOARD.
ANTHONY: WHEN WE SEE A TRACK DECORATED WITH OLDER TOYS AND TOTEMS, SPLASHES OF COLOR AND CURIOUS ASSEMBLAGES, WE CANNOT RESIST, WE ARE GOING IN.
♪ ANTHONY: BUT NOTHING QUITE PREPARES US FOR WHAT WE FIND ABOUT A QUARTER MILE DOWN THE ROAD.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC] ♪ ANTHONY: TWO HUTS CONSTRUCTED OF TREE LIMBS, STONE, AND CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS.
TO TOP IT OFF WE FIND TOM.
[BUGLE] >> I LIKE SEEING PEOPLE SHOW UP.
THEY SEE ME AND THEY DO NOT KNOW IF THEY SHOULD RUN OR STAY, IT IS KIND OF FUN.
ANTHONY: TOM MAY WELCOME VISITORS, BUT HE ASKS WE NOT REVEAL HIS FULL NAME OR THE LOCATION OF HIS COMPOUND, A LONG-RUNNING WORK IN PROGRESS.
>> I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ABOUT 18 YEARS.
A TREE HAD FALLEN DOWN AND IT WAS ON ITS SIDE, SO I STARTED ADDING TO IT.
♪ ANTHONY: THE STRUCTURES ARE A MARVEL OF IMPROVISED ENGINEERING, A THATCH OF ODDS AND ENDS, THE ROOMS WITH THRIFT STORE CASTOFFS, PAINTINGS AND
FIGURINES.
DRUMS IN ONE AND EVEN A PIANO.
>> I PICK UP THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING RID OF AND I BRING THEM HERE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BEETLE, OR A FISH.
ANTHONY: FOR HIM, IT IS ABOUT CREATING SOMETHING WILD AND WHIMSICAL, AUTHENTIC AND MAGICAL, HERE IN THE NOOKS AND CRANNIES OF MODERN SUBURBIA.
>> I WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK COMPATIBLE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT, LIKE GOING TO VERMONT OR MAINE, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO GO FAR AWAY TO CATCH WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT NEW ENGLAND.
♪ ANTHONY: THE IRREPRESSIBLE CALL TO CREATE, BUT THIS TIME IN A MORE HIGHLY TRAFFICKED SPOT.
EVERY DAY.
PEOPLE ARE NOT EXPECTING IT AND THEY GET VERY EXCITED.
LIKE, OH, OH.
ANTHONY: THE FRIEND SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM IN SOMERVILLE.
>> AFTER MY NAME AND HIS LAST NAME, MY HUSBAND, SMITH.
ANTHONY: WE CHECK OUT HER MANY MUSEUM, WHICH CHANGES EXHIBITS EVERY COUPLE MONTHS.
>> IT IS A PERFECT LITTLE NOOK.
IT IS.
ABSOLUTELY.
ANTHONY: WE CANNOT HELP NOTICING OTHER ARTWORK BECKONING FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
>> WHEN PEOPLE COME TO VISIT AND TO SEE IT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT IS SPARKLING IN THE SUN, IT MAKES THEM HAPPY.
ANTHONY: EMERALD CITY IS HER MASTERWORK, TUCKED AWAY IN THE BACKYARD.
ON THE FRONT PORCH, SAPPHIRE CITY.
SHE HAS NO PROBLEM WITH FOLKS WANDERING AROUND THE PROPERTY.
>> IT IS HERE TO BE ENJOYED.
I DO NOT WANT TO KEEP IT ALL FOR MYSELF.
I MADE IT SO OTHERS CAN ENJOY IT.
THAT WAS THE FUN OF IT.
ANTHONY: OUTSIDE AND IN.
♪ ANTHONY: EVERY LAST CRANNY FILLE D WITH ART.
>> EVERY TIME I WALK AROUND, THERE IS A LITTLE SPACE.
TOP OF THE FIRE ESCAPE.
EVERY TIME I LOOK UNDER THE PORCH, I THINK, THAT IS A NOOK.
I WISH I HAD MORE.
SHAYNA: AND MARTHA SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED TO BUILD HER MUSEUM BY THE REALLY TINY MUSEUM IN NEARBY UNION SQUARE.
ANTHONY: SHE IS HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE EMERALD CITY AND SAPPHIRE CITY, DESPITE THE COLD THIS WINTER, ARE STILL DOING WELL.
TOM IN THE WOODS, HE DOES NOT LIVE THERE.
OCCASIONALLY HE WILL SPEND THE NIGHT THERE IF IT IS FAIR WEATHER.
SHAYNA: OK.
READY PLAYER ONE, TWO AND THREE?
YOUR ARCADE IS WAITING.
♪ >> WE HAVE A VERY FUN PLACE.
ANTHONY: INSIDE A WALK