People online love exposing secret rooms. Every so often, a new tale goes viral, featuring someone discovering a hidden room with all manner of creepy implications. But usually these stories are just of homeowners or apartment renters finding the mysterious locations and, while vaguely creepy, are not all that unusual anymore. What you may find more unusual is the number of famous locations that also house secret places.
10. The Medici Chapels Have a Secret Room That was Once Home to Michelangelo
If you’re an art lover, head to Florence, Italy and you’ll be absolutely overwhelmed by everything the city has to offer. You may even find yourself drawn to the Medici Chapels at the Basilica of San Lorenzo.
Designed by the great Michelangelo for the famous Medici Family, they would have lived throughout history as great tourist attractions all on their own even before what happened in 1975. That year, the museum director discovered a secret room under a wardrobe. Inside was what is believed to be a secret room occupied by Michelangelo himself.
