Soviet-Built T34/76A Found In Lake Kurtna Matasjarv
Location: Estonia
Year Discovered: 2000
Est. Value: $6 million*
A wonderful piece of history was buried for years in Lake Kurtna Matasjärv before being discovered in 2000 by Kasper, a young Estonian. Kasper retrieved his parents after spotting a weird marking and a nearby rope. The town as a whole soon became involved in the vast excavation that followed. A Soviet-built T34/76A tank that had surfaced from the depths was waiting at the other end of the rope as a somber reminder of the past. Kasper made an accidental discovery. Nobody is quite sure why the tank is where it is or how it got there, though.
Soviet Built T34:76A Found In Lake Kurtna Matasjarv
Secret Underground Theater Found in Paris Catacombs
Location: Paris, France
Year Discovered: 2004
Est. Value: $5,000-$10,000* (Cost To Build)
In the middle of France is a maze called the Paris Catacombs. When the city needed a better place to keep the dead, the Catacombs were constructed. So, starting in the late 1700s, Paris decided to empty bodies into five stories of underground tunnels. This discovery is even more unsettling given that context. In one of the Catacombs’ previously unexplored caves, Parisian police conducting a training exercise in August 2004 uncovered a fully-equipped movie theater. An amphitheater made of terraces carved out of the rock housed a full-sized movie screen, projection equipment, and a selection of thriller and noir movies. The movies weren’t objectionable or illegal; it appears that someone just wanted to build a spooky, private theater.
Secret Underground Theater Found In Paris Catacombs