Secret passageways

Lock up your valuables or hide yourself from annoying house guests with any of these hidden rooms and secret passageways.

Thomas Jayne and William Cullum transform an eclectic guest home from mundane to magical with a dose of ingenuity and plenty of colorful joy.

harry potter aesthetic

If there's one dream that unites all bookish folks (aside from, you know, universal literacy) it's the dream of having a secret passageway hidden

Here's my guide to visiting the Palazzo Vecchio, a must visit attraction in Florence Italy. The Palazzo Vecchio is a doughty medieval fortress on the outside and a resplendent Renaissance palace on the inside. It's one of Florence's most historic and important landmarks, designed and decorated by the Medici dynasty.

A tiny keyhole in the wood paneling turned out to be a portal to Britain's history — a passage created 360 years ago for the coronation of Charles II.

Hidden stairwell in library to safe room

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My first encounter with jib doors ( known only as secret doors at the time) was as I perused the pages of Carolyn Keene's Nancy Drew books. I read them voraciously and it seem like there was always a hidden room behind a secret door. Remember The Hidden Staircase? These mysterious doors have since fascinated me as they have others throughout the history of mankind. These wonderful portals of my childhood did actually serve a much needed purpose. European castles and palaces often had jib…