If you look hard enough, you might just discover a secret lying inside your home or right underneath it.

As the pictures in this post prove, history is all around us even though it is sometimes covered in newer things.

Here’s a list of incredible discoveries that people came across as they were taking a better look at their homes. From old coins and jewelry to rare antiquities to a super-sized monopoly, you never know what piece of history is waiting to get discovered!

#1 “Pulled Up The Carpet At The House, And Guess What I Found!”

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#2 “I Was Helping My Dad Move Into His New Office, When We Found A Trapdoor”

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#3 “Treasure In My Bathroom”

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#4 “This Vintage Space Themed Wallpaper Found Under 3 Layers Of Other Wallpaper In An Old Farm House”

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#5 “The Walgreens In My Neighborhood Used To Be A Bank And They Used Its Vault As Their Vitamin Section”

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#6 “Friend Was Redecorating His New House And Found This Under A Layer Of Wallpaper”

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#7 “Our New Apartment Has A Little Milk Door Under The Cabinets”

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#8 “My Apartment Is An Old Police Station And Still Has The Original Cell Doors But Painted”

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#9 “Found Some Friends In A Mile-Long Tunnel That Travels Beneath My Apartment Building”

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#10 “These Tom And Jerry Type Mouse Holes Gnawed In A House Built In 1741”

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#11 “I’ve Been Living In My House And I Just Noticed My Back Door Handle Is A Spoon”

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#12 “Friend Tore Down His Wall For Renovations And Found This Mural On Another Wall Behind It”

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What do you think of these unexpected discoveries? Do you have a similar story of your own to share with us? Let us know in the comments below and don’t forget to SHARE this post with your friends and family on Facebook!

 

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