History is all around us, and if you look hard enough, sometimes it can be right under your feet... in the basement. Here is a list of people who made unintentional 'archeological' discoveries and then found a way to put them to good use.
1. Our new apartment has a little milk door under the cabinets
2. This vintage space themed wallpaper found under 3 layers of other wallpaper in an old farm house
3. The house I'm staying in has kept its original well as a feature
4. I've been living in my house and I just noticed my back door handle is a spoon
5. There's a random chain embedded in the wall of my 1930s-era home
6. Uncovered at a Times Square construction site
7. Friend tore down his wall for renovations and found this mural on another wall behind it
8. Found this 20-year-old promise hidden under the wallpaper in our new house
9. While renovating my basement we found this painting on the cement behind the wall
10. So I just moved into a new apartment, and made a big discovery
11. Apparently, disposing of old Razor blades inside your wall was acceptable in the 1950's
12. Found some nice drawings under the wallpaper I'm removing
13. Found a message while removing our cork floor tiles
14. Found some friends in a mile-long tunnel that travels beneath my apartment building
15. Treasure in my bathroom
16. Untouched 1800's cemetery preserved in the basement of a tall building built over it
17. Lost hippie mural found under my flooded house
18. Friend was redecorating his new house and found this under a layer of wallpaper
19. My friend decided to replace her old carpet and she found a cellar door and a cool surprise
20. I was helping my dad move into his new office, when we found a trapdoor
21. Pulled up the carpet at the house, and guess what I found!
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