From layers of wallpaper to eerie attic finds, old houses certainly keep a ton of secrets. When they’re uncovered, these remarkable surprises turn ordinary home renovations into real-life scavenger hunts, making homeowners even more curious about what other treasures lie hidden in their old houses. Some of the discoveries are touching, while others are downright strange, but all of them offer a glimpse into the stories the homes hold and the history behind them. We’ve compiled a list of 50 amazing finds people uncovered in their old houses for you to explore.
#1 Before It Was Torn Down, My Wife Preserved A Section Of Her Late Grandmother’s 100+ Year-Old House, And Framed All The Layers Of Wallpaper
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#2 Just Bought Our First Home (1909) And Found This Under The Carpet
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#3 Was Sorting Though Some Old Brick That Was Left Over From Our 1890’s Townhouse, And Came Across This
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#4 I Took A Knife To The Lino In The Bathroom And Found The Original Edwardian Tiles. My Great Great Grandmother Was A Housemaid Here In Cupar In The 1880s
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#5 I Was Advised To Post Here The Authentic Tiles I Found In My Newly Purchased House. The Wooden Floor Is Also Original
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#6 My Apartment Is An Old Police Station And Still Has The Original Cell Doors But Painted
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#7 Doing Some Painting And Carpet Removal In Our 1920s Dutch Colonial When We Realized These Stained Glass Windows Were Underneath The Wood Paneling
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#8 My Wife And I Are Upgrading Our Kitchen. We Found This Fossil Under The Floor Boards
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#9 They Found The Old Bath Under Their Living Room
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#10 Found A Paw Print On A Brick Wall
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#11 Pulled Up The Carpet At The House, And Guess What I Found!
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#12 Uncovered This Beauty – We’re Still Finding As Much History As We Can. We Have Found That This Pub Of Mine Was Built In At Least 1835 As A House, Before It Became A Pub In The 1870s
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#13 The Louisa M Alcott First Editions Found In The Century Home I Acquired. Rare Book Lottery Won
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#14 Restoring My 1880 Victorian House And Found This Vibrant Tile Original To The Home After Partially Removing A Faux Fireplace
#15 When You Discover A Beautiful Murano Glass Grape Lamp In The Attic 🤯
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#16 Uncovered Victorian Terracotta Tile
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#17 Collection Of Reference Seeds Found In My Grandad’s Attic
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#18 Demo Team Pulled This Out Of A Fireplace In A 1950s House We Are Renovating…
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#19 Dinosaur Bone Found In The Basement Of My Friend’s 15th Century House In North-Eastern France
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#20 Note Found 3 Years After Losing Her
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#21 Plate Warmer Rediator In Our 1888 Home
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#22 Removed An Old Nasty Drop Ceiling From A Home Built In 1840 And Found This Hiding Above
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#23 This Vintage Space Themed Wallpaper Found Under 3 Layers Of Other Wallpaper In An Old Farm House
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#24 I Developed A 120-Year-Old Photo Found In A Time Capsule ( Full Story In Comments)
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#25 Friend Was Redecorating His New House And Found This Under A Layer Of Wallpaper
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#26 Window Lottery
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#27 My 84 Year Old Father Is Renovating His House. Hidden Behind The Wallpaper He Found These Wall Murals, Which He Believes Are From 1912
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#28 Found A Hundred And Thirty Year Old Recipe Book While Cleaning Out Grandmas House
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#29 My Grandparents Have A Glassed-Over Well In Their Kitchen
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#30 Cleaning Surprise
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#31 Found A Message While Removing Our Cork Floor Tiles
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#32 The Previous Owner Of My New Home Left A Few Things In The Attic. This Card Slipped Out When I Moved The Bag
It’s a plastic Christmas tree.
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#33 John Wayne Gacy Did Construction For My Grandparents And We Found His Business Card While Going Through Some Stuff Today
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#34 Our New To Us House Has A Secret Panic Room That Wasn’t Included In The Listing! Built In 1978 And I Love This Place!
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#35 Buying A 140 Year Old Home, Contents Included
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#36 Untouched 1800’s Cemetery Preserved In The Basement Of A Tall Building Built Over It
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#37 The Table At This Pub Has A Well In The Middle Of It . [england]
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#38 Found 83 Gold Coins At The Bottom Of A Coal Container After Renovating The House !
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#39 Discovered Original Tin Ceiling In Our 1920 Foursquare!
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#40 Twitter User Finds A Secret Hiding Place In His Walls While Renovating, Inside Was A Children’s Book Of Poems From 1835
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#41 136 Year Old Note Found On A Shingle When My Parents Renovated Their House
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#42 While Tearing Up Their Carpet, My In-Laws Found A Giant Monopoly Board
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#43 Doing Electrical Work In This House That Was Built In The 1800s And There’s A Prison Cell Under The Basement Stairs
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#44 Pulled Up The Carpets In Newly Purchased House To Find This
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#45 Was Helping Clean Out An Old Mansion In Minnesota And Found This Civil War Letter In The Attic. He’s Saying That The War Will Be Over Soon And He Will Be Coming Home
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#46 Stayed Over At My Great Grandma’s Thursday. This Thing Kept Me Awake All Night
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#47 Looking For Somewhere To Stay On Airbnb … Found The House Of Nope
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#48 Went In The Attic Of A House We Were Looking At Aannd
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#49 Found This In The Basement Of My New 🏠
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#50 Found This In My Girlfriends Loft. She Only Moved In 3 Months Ago And Says She Has Never Been Up There. Guess What My Name Is
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