diff --git a/marionette/marionette-tests.ts b/marionette/marionette-tests.ts
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@@ -0,0 +1,229 @@
+/// <reference path="marionette.d.ts" />
+
+module Marionette.Tests {
+    class DestroyWarn extends Marionette.Behavior {
+        // you can set default options
+        // just like you can in your Backbone Models
+        // they will be overriden if you pass in an option with the same key
+        defaults = {
+            "message": "you are destroying!"
+        };
+
+        // behaviors have events that are bound to the views DOM
+        events = {
+            "click @ui.destroy": "warnBeforeDestroy"
+        };
+
+        warnBeforeDestroy() {
+            alert(this.options.message);
+            // every Behavior has a hook into the
+            // view that it is attached to
+            this.view.destroy();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    Marionette.Behaviors.getBehaviorClass = (options, key) => {
+        if (key === "DestroyWarn")
+            return new DestroyWarn();
+
+        return undefined;
+    };
+
+
+    class MyApplication extends Marionette.Application {
+        initialize(options?: any) {
+            console.log("initializing application");
+            this.layoutView = new AppLayoutView();
+        }
+
+        layoutView: AppLayoutView;
+        mainRegion: Marionette.Region;
+
+        onStart() {
+            this.mainRegion = new Marionette.Region({ el: '#main' });
+            this.layoutView.addRegion('main', this.mainRegion);
+            this.layoutView.render();
+        }
+    }
+
+    class AppLayoutView extends Marionette.LayoutView<Backbone.Model> {
+        constructor() {
+            super({ el: 'body' });
+        }
+
+        template() {
+            return "<div id='main'></div>";
+        }
+
+        initialize(options?: any) {
+            console.log("initializing layoutview");
+        }
+    }
+
+    class MyModel extends Backbone.Model {
+
+        constructor(options?: any) {
+            super(options);
+        }
+
+        get name(): string {
+            return this.get('name');
+        }
+
+        set name(value: string) {
+            this.set(value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    class MyView extends Marionette.ItemView<MyModel> {
+        behaviors: any;
+
+        constructor(model: MyModel) {
+            this.ui = {
+                destroy: '.destroy'
+            };
+
+            this.behaviors = {
+                DestroyWarn: {
+                    message: 'hello'
+                }
+            };
+
+            super({ model: model });
+
+        }
+
+        template() {
+            return '<h1>Hello from my model</h1> <button class="destroy">Destroy Me</button>';
+        }
+    };
+
+
+    class MainRegion extends Marionette.Region {
+        constructor() {
+            this.el = '#main';
+            super();
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    class MyObject extends Marionette.Object {
+        name: string;
+        options: any;
+
+        constructor() {
+            this.name = 'Adam';
+
+            this.options = {
+                name: 'Foo'
+            };
+
+            super();
+            this.on("before:destroy", () => {
+                console.log("before:destroy");
+            });
+        }
+
+        onBeforeDestroy(arg: any) {
+            console.log("in onBeforeDestroy with arg " + arg);
+        }
+    }
+
+    class MyRegion extends Marionette.Region {
+        constructor() {
+            this.el = '#main-nav';
+            super();
+        }
+    }
+
+    class MyJQueryRegion extends Marionette.Region {
+        constructor() {
+            this.el = $('#main-nav');
+            super();
+        }
+    }
+
+    class MyHtmlElRegion extends Marionette.Region {
+        constructor() {
+            this.el = document.querySelector("body");
+            super();
+        }
+    }
+
+    export var app : MyApplication;
+
+    function ApplicationTests() {
+        app = new MyApplication();
+
+        app.start();
+
+        var view = new MyView(new MyModel());
+        app.mainRegion.show(view);
+    }
+
+    function ObjectTests() {
+        var obj = new MyObject();
+        console.log(obj.getOption('name'));
+        obj.destroy("goodbye");
+    }
+
+    function RegionManagerTests() {
+        var rm = new Marionette.RegionManager();
+        rm.addRegions({
+            contentRegion: {
+                el: '#content',
+                regionClass: MainRegion
+            },
+
+            navigationRegion: {
+                el: '#navigation',
+                regionClass: MainRegion,
+
+                // Options passed to instance of `MyOtherRegion` for
+                // the `navigationRegion` on `App`
+                navigationOption: 42,
+                anotherNavigationOption: 'foo'
+            },
+
+            footerRegion: {
+                regionClass: MainRegion,
+                someOption: 42,
+                someValue: 'value'
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    function RegionTests() {
+        var myView : Marionette.View<MyModel> = new MyView(new MyModel());
+
+        // render and display the view
+        app.mainRegion.show(myView);
+
+        // empties the current view
+        app.mainRegion.empty();
+        app.mainRegion.show(myView, { preventDestroy: true, forceShow: true, triggerAttach: true, triggerBeforeAttach: false });
+
+        var hasView : boolean = app.mainRegion.hasView();
+
+        app.mainRegion.reset();
+
+        Marionette.Region.prototype.attachHtml = function (view) {
+            this.$el.empty().append(view.el);
+        }
+
+        myView = new Marionette.View<MyModel>({
+            el: $("#existing-view-stuff")
+        });
+
+        app.mainRegion.attachView(myView);
+
+        app.mainRegion.on("empty", function (view, region, options) {
+            // manipulate the `view` or do something extra
+            // with the `region`
+            // you also have access to the `options` that were passed to the Region.show call
+        });
+
+    }
+    
+}
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diff --git a/marionette/marionette.d.ts b/marionette/marionette.d.ts
index 583a6becb..2e503955d 100644
--- a/marionette/marionette.d.ts
+++ b/marionette/marionette.d.ts
@@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ declare module Marionette {
          */
         attachView<TModel extends Backbone.Model>(view: Backbone.View<TModel>, options?: RegionShowOptions): any;
 
+        /** 
+         * Override this method to change how the new view is
+         * appended to the `$el` that the region is managing
+         */    
+        attachHtml<TModel extends Backbone.Model>(view: Backbone.View<TModel>): void;
+
         /**
          * A region can be reset at any time. This destroys any existing view 
          * being displayed, and deletes the cached el. The next time the region