If you’ve ever scrolled Airbnb and found yourself saving a listing out of wanderlust, welcome to the wish list industrial complex.

Airbnb this week named the most wishlisted properties across all 50 states, and the Bay State’s winner might surprise you. Massachusetts’ top honoree isn’t a shingled cottage on the Cape or a waterfront Nantucket mansion. It’s a mid-century octagonal glass house perched on 7 private, wooded acres in Otis, deep in the Berkshires. And it has a quirkier origin story than you’d expect.

The Mid-Century Glass Octagon was built in the 1970s as a kit house by the owners who had purchased the surrounding land as a private ski hill for their friend group, current owner Katherine Auleta said. It was originally off the grid, heated by a single wood stove, and lit by candelabras hanging from the rafters. By the time Auleta, a former New York fashion photographer, became the third owner, the home had been updated by its previous occupants but had drifted into what she described as “twee” territory — lots of colors, lots of little bird things everywhere.

Auleta stripped the interior back, leaned into the boldness of the octagonal structure, installed a mid-century fireplace gifted by a friend, and lined a shelf with photography books hauled up from her old New York City apartment. The result is a 4.95-star, 463-reviewed juggernaut — one of the most-loved homes on Airbnb, per its listing — that regularly books out at a pace that has guests telling her they’ve been trying to lock in dates for years.

“It’s a special home to me, and I love sharing it with other people,” said Auleta, who now lives on an island off Vancouver and manages the property remotely.

Getting to its lofty, wishlisted perch required some guest-driven compromises. Auleta resisted adding air conditioning (the home’s wraparound slatted windows were designed for natural airflow, she said) but eventually relented.

“That’s what people were asking for, so I did it,” she said. “Your guests are your best teachers, in a way.”

The hospitable philosophy extends to every touchpoint: linen bedding, organic bath products, and a hospitality instinct she traces back to a $3-a-night bamboo hut she once stayed in near Lombok, Indonesia, where French linens and a ceiling fan made a $3 stay feel like luxury.

Guests typically come from Boston, New York, and around the region — often for a romantic weekend, sometimes to get engaged — and they usually bring their groceries, light the fireplace, and stay put.

“The people that really get into the place are the people that are coming to unplug,” she said.

Other New England honorees on Airbnb’s wish list roundup include a modern treehouse with hot tub and water views in Georgetown, Maine; a converted silo house on a Litchfield Hills estate in Connecticut; a tiny cabin retreat in Woodstock, New Hampshire; a tiny eco-cottage with lake views in Smithfield, Rhode Island; and a treehouse with sauna and stream access in Hardwick, Vermont. Consider these wishlisted homes proof that the folks looking for a Northeast getaway increasingly want something off the beaten path for true R&R. 

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags as part of a broader $3.6 billion environmental bond bill.

State leaders estimate more than 2 billion plastic bags are used across Massachusetts each year, many of which end up as litter.

Shoppers spoke with NBC 10’s Martha Konstandinidis about the potential ban. (WJAR)

If approved, stores would no longer provide plastic bags at checkout. Shoppers would need to bring reusable bags or pay at least 10 cents for paper bags.

Under the proposal, half of that fee would go toward a state Plastic Environmental Protection Fund, while the remaining portion would stick with retailers.

More than 160 communities in Massachusetts, including Boston, already have local plastic bag bans in place. Shoppers in Seekonk had mixed reactions to the proposal.

“It’s kind of environmentally better, but they shouldn’t be charging people for the bags,” said Bill Joyal.

Some shoppers supported the change, citing environmental concerns.

“That’s a great idea. There’s too much plastic in the environment,” said John Kochanski of Rumford. “I use cloth reusable bags.”

Still, some worry about added costs at checkout.

“Now we’ve got to pay for the bags when the prices for the food you’re shopping for are already too expensive,” said Frank Formisano of Seekonk.

In Rhode Island, the state has already implemented a similar statewide plastic bag ban in 2024, along with a paper bag fee.

Lawmakers on Beacon Hill have passed similar proposals before, but they have not become law. The current bill also includes funding for climate resilience, clean water projects and infrastructure upgrades.

The proposal was up for debate in the Senate on Wednesday. If it passes, it would still need approval from the House and Gov. Maura Healey before becoming law.

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