30 mysterious finds in houses with a past (31 photos)

It would seem that there is nothing interesting about a house. But sometimes there is something more hidden in it than you can imagine. Secret rooms, hidden tunnels and strange objects - everything makes you wonder what happened in these houses many years ago.





1. Interesting design. From above it looks like a candy dish. What do you think about this?



This is where visitors would leave their business cards. If the owner was home, the butler would bring him a card so he could prepare to receive the guest.

2. We all know what this is, right?





A decrottoir is a device for cleaning dirt and snow from shoes.

3. Small doors in the rooms of a house from the early 1900s



A door for a cat. The pet could freely walk around the house without letting excess heat out of the rooms.

4. Found in the attic of a building that was once a school



Window openers.

5. Imagine that you have a hatch under the floor



This used to be a water tank.

6. An interesting chair



Furniture for the hallway: you can hang your coat and hat, sit down and take off your shoes.

7. A block on a hinge in the floor of an old house



A mechanism for lowering a chandelier for repairs or cleaning.

8. An unusual staircase



Protection from evil spirits. It was believed that witches could not climb such steps.

9. Do you know what such windows are called?



Witch windows. In the West, they believed that witches could not get through such openings.

10. Above the doorway of an old house



A glass fire extinguisher filled with carbon tetrachloride. Very dangerous.

11. Gaps by the window



For shooting a gun.

12. Cabinet in the radiator



Built-in food warmer.

13. Unusual building in the UK



The Pepperpot in Digby, Lincolnshire. This building is of historical significance. It is built of limestone and is 2 meters high.

It was used as a cell for crooks or drunks, especially during the Napoleonic wars.

14. Ideas?



Old doorbell.

15. In the bedroom of an old house



Tie holder.

16. Definitely not a well or a septic tank



An old wine cellar of a long-gone house.

17. Have you seen anything like this?



A corrugating iron.

18. Found in a bedroom of an 1800's home



This hole helps heat rise from the first floor to the second.

19. Found during a kitchen renovation



A stamp for marking canned goods.

20. This boot was hidden in the wall near the fireplace, but why?



Often, when a house was being built, the family would hide shoes in different places. This was done to bring good luck into the house and ward off evil spirits.

21. This item was found in the basement of a house from 1907



For sterilizing jars and bottles before canning.

22. Another find in the basement



A sharpener for blades.

23. What is this?



A bracket for a kerosene lamp.

24. Looks like an incinerator



A coal stove.

25. A cabinet?



A Victorian wooden toilet.

26. Who knows what this is?



A spit for roasting meat in the fireplace.

27. Kept in the attic



A double spoon is a symbol of hospitality in traditional African art. It represents two universes, opposite to each other.

28. Ever seen a glass mailbox?



29. In the yard of an old house. Never seen one like this before



Water heater.

30. Another Riddle



Bell for servants.