These Homeowners Are Sharing Photos Of Their Secret Rooms

When we were kids, we always imagined living in a house with a bookshelf that's secretly a door to a hidden lair, or a wardrobe that secretly takes us to another land. Then we grew up and rented and bought normal homes that didn't have any of these cool features. But the people on this list didn't give up on their dreams. They found homes that would make their past selves so excited.

Keep reading to see a whole bunch of secret passageways, doorways, speakeasies, and cupboards.

A Secret Hideaway

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Many homes in Russia have secret little hideaways so families could have an escape route in case the KGB ever came knocking.

This is one of those hideaways. It looks pretty cozy in there.

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The Tiniest Room

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The people who live in this house were confused about why one of their electrical sockets wasn't working.

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When they took off the switch cover, they realized it was because there was a miniature room behind there.

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Those Washing Machines Are An Illusion

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This laundromat has a secret door to the back room. Those four washing machines at the back aren't washing machines at all.

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They just look like washing machines to hide the secret passageway.

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A Secret Wine Cellar

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Many people with larger houses have wine cellars in their homes now, but usually, those wine cellars are just off of their kitchen in full view.

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This wine cellar is a bit more secretive.

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A Secret Safe

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These people were renovating their new home. When they ripped out the old carpet, they found a safe hiding underneath.

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The safe turned out to be empty, but now they can use it as a super-secure hiding spot.

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Behind The Shelves

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This store has a secret door in it behind one of their stock shelves.

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When customers ask them to check in the back for an item, they can slip into the back room like James Bond.

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A Hidden Dish Cupboard

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This person shared that his grandmother has a hidden dish cupboard in her home.

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It's behind this wallpapered wall, and if you weren't paying attention, you might not even know that it was there.

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A Hidden Utility Room

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This person has a very swanky basement complete with a billiard table and a silver horse statue. You don't want a utility room ruining that vibe.

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That's why it's hidden away behind a secret door.

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The Bus Found The Secret Room

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This guy had a secret underground room in his house that he had no idea about until a very heavy bus was parked on his property.

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The bus broke through the concrete and fell into the room underneath.

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An Entire Apartment Hidden Behind A Mirror

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TikToker Samantha Hartsoe who lives in NYC noticed one day that her apartment was eerily drafty around her bathroom and the air seemed to be coming from behind her bathroom mirror.

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After a quick investigation she discovered there was an ENTIRE APARTMENT behind the mirror that was uninhabited and appeared to be under renovation. For NYC that's a gold mine.

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A Secret Garbage Room

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Okay, so this was probably just a secret storage room or something, but because it had been left untouched and undiscovered for so long, everything in there is pretty much garbage now.

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I can't even imagine the smell.

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A Secret Speakeasy

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Back in the 1920s, buying alcohol was illegal in America. People had to find ways to keep their drinking habit under wraps.

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That's where this secret alcohol cupboard comes in.

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A Secret Laundry Room

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Walking by this kitchen cabinet you would have no idea that it actually serves as a doorway to the laundry room.

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It just looks like any other pantry that you might have in your kitchen.

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Behind The Bookshelf

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This bedroom bookshelf opens up to a little sitting area that's perfect for holding secret meetings.

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The room isn't anything special, but the way you get into the room is super cool.

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A Secret Crawlspace

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This secret room isn't very big at all. It's up in the attic and it's mostly just used for storage.

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Still, it's nice to have a bookshelf that doubles as a door to a secret room.

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A Hidden Door

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This house has a hidden door in it that's totally camouflaged into a stone wall. The stone design helps to hide any seams or hinges.

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You could walk right by it and not know that there was a door in there.

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Behind The Pegboard

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This guy always wanted to have a secret room in his house, so he decided to make one in his garage.

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He installed a whole bunch of pegboard in his garage and made it look like a structural wall.

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LIft Up The Stairs

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I know we've seen secret lifting stairs on this list twice already, but honestly, I never get tired of it.

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If I had stairs like this in my house, I would show them off to everybody who walked in. I guess then they wouldn't be so secret anymore.

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Lift The Stairs

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This house has a cellar in it that's literally located under the stairs. It's not through a doorway under the stairs like the kind Harry Potter lived in at the Dursleys' house.

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The stairs actually lift straight up.

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A Secret Dungeon

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This person had lived in her house for a good long while before she discovered that her bathroom mirror opened up to a secret dungeon.

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I don't know why anybody would want a secret dungeon, but to each their own.

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A Secret Billiard Room

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This guy installed a secret billiard room behind the built-in bookshelves in his living room.

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You just pull down a specific secret book and then you can play pool to your heart's content.

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A Secret Office

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There's a little office with a little writing desk in it behind this bookshelf which doubles as a door.

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It's little features like this that can make a house feel so special.

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A Secret Arcade

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When you walk into this guy's house, it looks like he just has one vintage Tron game on display, but then that game turns into a secret doorway and there's an entire arcade behind it.

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This is the quintessential "man cave".

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A Secret Shrine

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Twitter user @slackerdook posted these photos online along with the caption, "the best thing about my school is the Danny Devito shrine hidden behind the paper towel dispenser in one of the bathrooms."

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Absolutely incredible.

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Slide The Bookshelf

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Here's another attic secret bookshelf doorway that strikes our fancy. The secret room in this attic would be great for spooky sleepover parties.

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The people who own this house are so lucky.

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The Cupboard Under The Stairs

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This one is giving us serious Harry Potter vibes, only Harry Potter wishes that his cupboard under the stairs room was this nice.

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This looks like a place I actually want to spend some time in.

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Another Bookshelf Doorway

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This secret behind-the-bookshelf room looks a lot more modern than some of the designs we've seen on this list already.

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The cubby hole next to the bookshelf looks pretty cool too.

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A Room Under The Stairs

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No, your eyes do not deceive you. These stairs actually do lift up to reveal a secret room underneath. This kid is just casually putting on his shoes like he lives in a totally normal house.

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He has no idea how cool this is.

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A Hideaway For The Kids

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Welcome to every child's fantasy. Who wouldn't want to have a playroom like this? I would love one, and my childhood ended a long time ago.

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There's something about a space like this that just makes us feel like a kid again.

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The Kids Found The Secret Room

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This house has a secret room in it that's located behind a wall, and it looks like these kids had a great time finding and exploring the space.

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In other news, this main room is very well decorated.

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Another Stone Door

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If we've learned one thing from the photos on this list, it's that stone textures are great at camouflaging secret passageways.

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Excuse me while I order some stone wall paneling on Amazon...