What's not to love about a building called a "spite house?" In an essay in the New York Times , writer Kate Bolick discusses her dream of owning the Plum Island Pink House , a forlorn, decaying structure in Newbury, Massachusetts set in the middle of a salt marsh. The romantic, reclusive home stands alone for a reason; built by a recently divorced husband for his ex-wife as a condition of their separation, it's an exact duplicate of their shared home, just uncomfortably moored in the middle of remote wetlands and constructed without any running fresh water.