A Huge Monopoly Board
This homeowner felt that his new house needed new carpets and a fresh start. When the old carpets were removed by a carpeting company, the owner was shocked to see the floor had been painted like a giant monopoly board.
A Huge Monopoly Board
A Milk Door
There was once a time when the milkman would have his own entrance to every house. When milk was delivered door to door, the door helped by keeping the milk out of direct sunlight so it didn’t get spoiled.
A Milk Door
A Hidden Chapel
On Easter Weekend, a couple from the UK lifted a metal grate on their floor and found stairs that led to a narrow passageway. At the end of the passage was a whole room, presumed to be a hidden chapel.
A Hidden Chapel
Old Wine Collection
This family moved into a house that was historic without even knowing. When they began renovating, they found an old wine collection containing one of the oldest whiskeys in the world. The wine collection was actually from the prohibition era.
Old Wine Collection
An Old NYC Ad
Everyone knows Times Square, so when an old advertisement was found on the side of a building in the square, people couldn’t help but be amazed. The advertisement was for a hotel or lodge that cost just $1 a night.
An Old NYC Ad
Old Artwork
A lot of things seem to be hidden under floorboards, so think before buying a home with a wooden floor. These homeowners actually found a piece of art under their floorboards when they decided one day to install new carpets.
Old Artwork
A Resistance War Room
A group of college students decided to rent a house in Norway but one of the students was curious as to why the attic was so small. He was surprised to find a hidden resistance room behind a trap door.
A Resistance War Room
Cold Hard Cash
It was their lucky night when a newlywed couple found a box of cash in their new home. The cash was actually in a lunch box from the sixties, and they found it hidden under some tiles on the roof.
Cold Hard Cash
Mystery Chains
Someone was knocking down a wall in their home when they found these unexplainable chains inside. It was quite a creepy discovery, but people speculated that it was from an old coal furnace or it was part of a dumbwaiter.
Mystery Chains
A Heart Shaped Tub
The 1970s was known for its interesting home decorating styles. The owners thought this heart shaped tub was super cute, but many people were surprised that the house still had this old tub intact since it didn’t seem very practical.
A Heart Shaped Tub
A Buried Town
A Russian developer bought land where a market once was with the plan of building a modern skyscraper, but when he found this town, he couldn’t destroy it. He eventually decided to keep this piece of history and build elsewhere.
A Buried Town
A Big Rock
Normally houses are made of stone, but this house was built around one. This boulder is found in the living room of the house and the new owners decided to treat it like decoration instead of getting rid of it.
A Big Rock
The Secret Lair
The Murphy family inherited an old mansion from a rich relative, but this house had many mysteries inside. The family was shocked to find a hidden door with treasures behind it one day, including silver, artworks and some property bonds.
The Secret Lair
Old Electric Switches
Imagine moving into a house and finding light switches that are centuries old. This family did. Their house still had light switches from 1909 but they can’t be switched on as their wiring is too old and may cause fire.
Old Electric Switches
A Very Old Bible
One family found an 18th century Bible in their home after moving. The back of the Bible contained some history of the owners, and the people who found it even managed to give it to the descendents of the previous owners.
A Very Old Bible
An Antique Piano
Some people were actually lucky enough to find an antique piano in their new home worth $10,000 in a 20th century home in America. The new owner couldn’t sell this rare piece of history and decided to keep it.
An Antique Piano
An Old World Fair Ticket
One person posted online that they had found an old ticket to the World Fair dating all the way back to 1934. The ticket was hidden in an old cigarette box along with some postal stamps and other small keepsakes.
An Old World Fair Ticket
Wedding Ring
When a woman lost her wedding ring in her old house she immediately contacted the realtor. Once the new owners of her house heard, they began to search all over, but only found the ring a year later in a cabinet.
Wedding Ring
A Revolver
The person who found this gun was shocked so they handed it in to the police. The gun didn’t even belong to the previous owners of the house, it was actually stolen and hidden in the house by a burglar.
A Revolver
A WWII Bomb
When a person found a WWII bomb on their property, they were shell shocked. They were worried it would explode, so they decided to call a bomb squad, who then safely removed it and later detonated it in a range.
A WWII Bomb
A Soldier’s Pocket Bible
The person who found this old gold leafed Bible was not sure where it came from, but they were sure it belonged to a soldier. The bible was secretly laying on a beam in a garage when they found it.
A Soldier’s Pocket Bible
First Edition Of Frankenstein
This is one of the most valuable finds to this day. Someone bought an old childhood home from a friend and when she decided to redecorate, she found the first ever edition of Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein with the author’s autograph.
First Edition Of Frankenstein
Googly Eyes
The eyes are the window to the soul, but too many eyes are just plain creepy. One person actually found a drawer filled with googly eyes of all sizes in an antique set of drawers after they had bought it.
Googly Eyes
Leftovers In A Wall
Some bizarre things have been found in new houses, but when one person wanted to redo the plumbing in their home, they got a gross surprise. Someone had actually left a half eaten hotdog in one of the walls right there in the pipes.
Leftovers In A Wall
A Tiger
Imagine opening the door of your bedroom to find tigers staring at you. Well, one person actually found a bunch of taxidermy tigers in their new home. These tigers were life-sized and realistic, and gave the person a huge fright.
A Tiger
A Hidden Stairway
Two brothers were playing inside their house when they felt air coming from underneath the bookshelf they were playing next to. After some inspection, they found that it was a secret doorway that led to another room with a staircase.
A Hidden Stairway
Hidden Wallpaper
In a farmhouse, the owner peeled off the layers of one of his room’s walls and at the bottom of multiple layers, he discovered some vintage wallpaper depicting a science-fiction scene that most probably used to belong to a child.
Hidden Wallpaper
Home Vault
After a couple moved into their new home, which used to be a bank, they found a huge functioning vault in their house. They have since converted the vault into a storage space for all their personal belongings for safekeeping.
Home Vault
Vitamin Vault
This Walgreens store branch bought a building that once was a bank, and so they inherited a high-security vault. They then made it into a vitamin storage / selling area that people can go into and find their vitamins in.
Vitamin Vault
Secret Safe
This new homeowner found an unexpected treasure in his home while he was moving in. He discovered a safe inside the bathroom wall, located behind a panel by the mirror, and when opened, the previous owners’ contents were still inside.
Secret Safe
British Wells
This English pub has a well built underneath it, and to preserve the memory of this monument in history, the owner covered it with glass so patrons could see down it. It still has the original bricks and mortar preserved.
British Wells
Spooky Tunnel
Underneath her apartment building a woman found a hidden tunnel a mile long, and on the walls are drawings of scary ghouls for the whole length of the tunnel. The locals have given it the name “The Tunnel of Nightmares.”
Spooky Tunnel
Hidden Basement
When this tenant moved into her new apartment, she found an extra room in it. Just outside of her bathroom there was a trap door and inside were tools. The stairs in it led to an extra room for storage.
Hidden Basement
Mouse Holes
The people who moved into this house, built in 1741, discovered several small holes that had once been home to mice. The holes were made by mice chewing into the walls and looks like it came out of a cartoon.
Mouse Holes
Elevator Crank
In this apartment a man found a vintage elevator crank, estimated to be over 100 years old. These cranks were used instead of buttons in old elevators and would make for a very good conversation starter to this lucky man.
Elevator Crank
Paw Prints
When the owners built this house, they decided to seal the memory of their dog in the walls, and made a paw indent in the concrete joining the bricks. This is a cool idea so hopefully it’ll become a trend.
Paw Prints
Old Blades
In this medicine cabinet, there is a slot labelled “razor blades” labelling it, and inside was a pile of used blades. The people who found it were surprised to hear that this is how razors used to be disposed of.
Old Blades
A Weapons Cache
Finding one gun is one thing, but one person found a whole weapons cache in their new home. There were 1000 weapons with ammunition in the cache which was hidden in walls, cupboards, and behind boards in this person’s home.
A Weapons Cache
An Old Kitchen
One family was searching through some old stuff in the basement of their new home when they found an entrance to another room. It was actually a kitchen that was almost a century old, with pots and pans to match.
An Old Kitchen
A Well
These people were super scared to find a seemingly never ending well, in their basement that resembled the one from the horror movie “The Ring”. They found it after lifting a small wooden door on the floor of the basement.
A Well
