Who didn’t dream of a hidden door or secret passage in the house when they were kids? Some of us still do! [SPECTREcat] had already built a secret door in a fully functioning bookcase with a unique ...

What is it that compels us about a secret door? It’s almost as if the door itself and the promise of mystery is more exciting than whatever could lay beyond. In any case, [Scott Monaghan] is a lover ...

In the summer of 1942, to protect Anne Frank and others in hiding, Johan Voskuijl constructed a revolving bookcase to conceal the entrance to the Secret Annex at 263 Prinsengracht. As Nazi threats ...

July 5, 2009 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Who hasn't dreamed of having a mystery-story-style secret passageway? While a trick bookshelf is pretty awesome in ...

A lot of us have doors in our homes that don’t really go anywhere important. Do you really need to get into the closet where you keep the Halloween decorations and Aunt Claire’s desiccated body every ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Buildings with hidden spaces have long been a subject of public interest, with plenty of real-world history from ancient Egyptian tombs, to ...

The life of a gadget journalist involves storing away dozens of cardboard boxes filled with gizmos, away from civilian eyes. Hopefully in a secret gadget lair sealed off by these bookshelf-slash-doors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “The colorful playroom was my inner child going crazy…” Reby said at the time of her house tour. “I pretty much went wild with all ...