Doors, doors, doors—they’re everywhere! They’re such a ubiquitous part of our lives that many of us don’t really seem to notice them anymore. Like windows, sinks, and tables, we often simply use them without giving them much thought. But once in a while, you might see such a unique design that you can’t help but snap a pic and share it on the internet.
Some folks choose to share theirs on the multi-million-member ‘Mildly Interesting’ online community on Reddit. We’ve collected some pictures of some of the most interesting doors to share with you. Scroll down to check them out. And remember, the world’s full of interesting sights, but we need to remember to slow down and look around.
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This Guys Fence Is Made From Random Doors
It's very frustrating when someone's knocking and you're not sure which door it is. ;-)
Load More Replies...Love up cycling, especially when it ends up being actually practical!
Exactly! Don't even need to put a lock on it... hidden in plain sight.
Load More Replies...He got it from one of those warehouse sales, where he found one cubby full of doors and made this.... tah-dah
Cool idea, even though I think it's sad to use them outside and letting them be destroyed by weather. But if this was the alternative to them being chipped and burned upp. 👍
Load More Replies...This Little Door I Found In The Trunk Of A Tree While Walking In Lowell
The downvote goblins are out today, please counter them with upvotes as you read on
This Outside Wall Is Actually A Sliding Door
It would actually be relatively easy to do with the mailbox hatch.
Load More Replies...I’d totally not use it to kidnap hedgehogs and keep them
The r/mildlyinteresting online community is among the most well-known subreddits on the entire internet. It has a jaw-dropping 23 million members who love sharing pictures of—yup, you guessed it—mildly interesting stuff.
In short, they post images of all the things that interest them. In this particular case, we’re focusing on the pictures of unusual doors that some of the members have shared.
The Crooked Door To This Bookshop
This is in Canterbury, I've been there and the house/book stire is charming, as is the whole street
This Morning Reflection From My Front Door
When I see something like this, the first thing I think is "oh. That's gonna start a fire" .
Shouldn't do. If any of the glass sections are prisms it's a possibility but it doesn't look like they are
Load More Replies...Um. So not a "reflection". Image- projection - light and shadow- but no reflections.
I had a beautiful door on my house in Washington State that would have cool reflections when the sun hit it right...twice a year.
The Handle To This Knife Shop Door Is Also A Knife
The handle on the door of the Springfield (VA) Butcher Shop is a meat cleaver.
Doors aren’t something many of us think about a lot in our day-to-day lives. Well, unless you happen to be an architect, interior designer, door salesperson, or work in the security field.
But when we stop and look around, we can notice a lot of interesting details. Doors, like other architectural features, can tell you a lot about the design philosophy that went into the building projects in your local area.
This Metal And Totally Functional Church Door In Eastern Poland
Why wouldn‘t it be functional though? Lots of churches have metal doors.
The triangle, Sacred Heart and Dove with the rays behind is a symbol of the Holy Trinity.
Load More Replies...This Hidden Door I've Found In Prague
It’s full of hedgehogs if it is
Load More Replies...This Door In My Hotel Bathroom Can Close Off Either Of 2 Doorways
Quite smart. Someone can be using the loo in private while someone else can brush their teeth or wash their hands.
But trying to get out when someone is standing in front of the sink? 🙃
Load More Replies...My bedroom has a slider. From in the room it is the room door pulled to the right, closes the closet to the left.
Nope. If it's like ours, they go both ways. The-Great-...04869a.jpg
So it has two bathrooms, but can only be used one at a time. The toilet, anyway.
You might spot that all the buildings in your block have identical doors and focus on cheaper, utilitarian, minimalist designs. Or you might notice the opposite. The architectural features in your neighborhood might lean toward uniqueness and beauty. When you look at all of these details on a massive scale, you can tell a lot about the city’s character.
I Saw My Door In A Book
Question: English isn’t my first language and in school, we learned the correct order was "…" [person] said. Why is it "…" said [person] here? Is that a new style? Was my English teacher wrong?
They're both accurate ways to say it. One would be in the beginning of a sentence (She said, "I'm going to the store." The other way is at the end ("I'm going to the store," she said.). The first way is probably more used, but both are correct! (source, I'm a former English teacher)
Load More Replies...Keyhole On A Side Door Of The Bourdeux Cathedral, France
"Note to house-breakers- no, your skeleton keys will not fit here. And ha ha to you."
"We have a lock on 1, binding on 2..." (I know this lock doesn't work like those locks.. )
Load More Replies...This Decorative Door Hinge At An Airbnb I Stayed In…
YES! But atleast those could be swapped for accurate screws 👍
Load More Replies...That's probably fairly rare. I've had doors with where the hinge pin had the sort of fancy brass k**b like shown, but the hinge itself is hidden when the door is closed so less need to decorated it compared to say the kn-ob (shout out to BP censorbot) or other visible fittings.
People tend to want to live surrounded by art and beauty. However, integrating these things into new buildings usually requires more time and a larger budget. Keeping that in mind, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that architects, city planners, and designers opt for budget-friendly project ideas. They might look blander, but they’re cheaper. Unfortunately, in many cases, the budget trumps beauty.
This Detailed Strike Plate On Our Door
Our New Apartment Has A Little Milk Door Under The Cabinets
I read that as clown instead of cow and had a tiny heart attack lol
Load More Replies...This Little Door At My University
Willing to bet that is someone who works there, with a sense of humor 😆
What kind of door you want to have in place is going to vary wildly depending on where it is and what you hope it’ll accomplish. For instance, when considering what to do about your exterior door, generally, you want it to be super tough with high-quality locks. You want it to be secure to protect your family and possessions from potential break-ins.
I Found A Door While Hiking
"It's locked, from the inside" Hot Shots (movie long ago, to tired to google)
Bring it to a circus, light it on fire, BOOM! Entertainment.
That could be the only thing that is left of a house from many years ago? 🤷
The Peeling On This Staff Entry Door Looks Like Edgar Allen Poe
Nation Geographic Gallery Uses Its Logo As A Door Handle
Of course, the core of your super-secure door can be thick and tough with an elaborate safety mechanism, but the exterior can still be artistic, playful, or elaborate—whatever fits the character of your home. However, there are cases when you might want to keep a low profile.
Say, if you’re a celebrity or a public figure. Then, you might intentionally choose blander elements for the exterior of your home, leaving all the artistry for the interior.
A Curved Front Door
Im hoping you're just being funny because there's a knocker dead smack in the middle of the DOOR
Load More Replies...This Door Is Curved To Accommodate The Curved Wall
Found A Random Door In The Woods In A Fairly Desolate Area Of Pa Near A Lake. The Door Also Faces Almost Perfectly East / West
I just commented this exact thing on another door in the woods pic in this post!
Load More Replies...If you spin in a circle are there other holiday themed doors amongst the trees? 🤔💀🎄👻🌀🌙
Regarding doors in the interior of the home, you may want to consider using sound-proof materials to give everyone some privacy in their own rooms.
That way, if someone’s dancing, playing the drums, or having a lively call with their friends, they’re not disturbing anyone else who might be sleeping, working, etc., elsewhere in the property. Obviously, in this case, it’s best to soundproof the walls and windows, too!
This Two Story Tall Door
The right of the people to ride comically tall unicycles shall not be infringed.
Load More Replies...Uhhh. Why? The tall windows are nice but I don't see why the door needed to be this tall. Maybe they have an emotional support giraffe?
I like this. There's no visual cutting of the height.
I imagine when that door is closed it doesn't look much like an exit, since it doesn't look much like a door. So yeah I imagine the exit sign is *sorely* needed.
Load More Replies...imagine how much heat or a/c escapes every time that door is opened!
Door Knob Is Higher At The Doctor’s Office To Prevent Kids From Escaping
My kid's pediatrician was pretty short, probably about 5' at most. He had higher than normal doorknobs so little kids couldn't escape from the rooms but definitely not this high!
I immediately thought of the doc trying to murder the kids and they can't get out because of the high doorknob... I think I listen to too many crime podcasts 😆
This House Has A Tiny Door Next To The Full Sized Door
In public buildings, however, there might be different concerns aside from security or aesthetics. For instance, hospital staff might want doors to be made of materials that are easy to clean or resistant to microbial growth. They might also want the doors themselves to be made of see-through materials or have a small window in them so that it’s easier to keep an eye on patients.
This Building In Tokyo Is Literally The Width Of A Door
A very spiteful person blocking the view with whatever it takes....aaahhhg... Ontowards the petty war my noble steed!!!!! Aaarrghhhh
Sorry, it's like Clifford's house. It looks small on the outside, but on the inside, it's bigger than a football field!
The Door On This Abandoned Train Depot
This Red Light Above My Grandfather’s Basement Door To Indicate That He’s Down There
Someone might have had a photo lab down there once, and needed a notification to tell people not to open the door and let in light while developing.
A lot of older homes had a light connected to the basement light circuit to let people know the basement light was left on because they forgot or to let someone know another is down there. Quite handy when electricity (9-7 cents per kWh in 1920 which is about $1.14 to $1.46 in 2024. It’s about $0.17 kWh today) and lights were expensive. To run a single 60 Watt lightbulb would cost about today’s equivalent of $63 a year if run 2 hours a day. No wonder people of the era were adamant about turning off the light. https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/data/averageenergyprices_selectedareas_table.htm https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft5v19n9w0&chunk.id=d0e933&toc.id=d0e933&brand=ucpress#:~:text=Across%20the%20country%2C%20in%20the,kilowatt%2Dhour%20(kwh). https://www.myamortizationchart.com/inflation-calculator/0.09/1920/ https://www.energysage.com/electricity/house-watts/how-many-watts-does-a-light-bulb-use/
Not only that, but a more open and see-through door design might help the patients feel like they’re not alone. If they constantly see people moving here and there, they might feel more connected and less isolated.
All of that being said, let’s not forget that purely utilitarian interior designs might not be the best fit for helping patients heal faster. Creating a warm, cozy, and inviting atmosphere can help them feel more at home and healthier, not like they’re desperately fighting for their lives.
I Covered A Door In Mirror Paper Squares And Now It Looks Almost Like Some Sort Of Portal
The door is the barrier, the portal is the opening.
Load More Replies...The Sun On My Door Is So Bright You Can See It Through The Door
If you can see the sunlight through the door, you can also feel it. This is an insulation nightmare.
Why is it shinning through red instead of a lighter shade of black? That doesn't make sense. And what material would it have to be made of to actually glow red? I call shenanigans.
My New Fridge Door Opens Both Ways
I’ve seen some fridges in Home Depot that do that. I was amazed.
Load More Replies...Most refrigerator are made so the door can be opened either way, BUT you have to move the hardware. Look at the top and bottom of the open door in the corners. You can see where the pin/screws/hinges are.
True but I think this one opens either way all the time, not just depending on which side it's hinged on.
Load More Replies...Which of the doors that we’ve featured here did you like the most, dear Pandas? Which designs stood head and shoulders above the rest for you? What kind of doors and other architectural features would you love to have in your own house if you could freely design every little detail? Tell us what you think in the comments!
The Sun Coming Through My Door Peephole
The light's being diffused not magnified, so it's not a fire risk. Very cool
But there's that one person who sees these and sounds the fire alarm. I know, I know, it's been known to occur, but so has a balanced budget...
Load More Replies...My Lab Has These Door Handles To Help You Open And Close The Door Easily While Having Your Hands Full
Also probably helps prevent gloves from either getting contaminated from the door or contaminating the door, if it's that kind of lab.
You're not really supposed to wear gloves as you're going through a door in that kind of lab.
Load More Replies...No,I see it to,I thought it was that to when I saw the pic
Load More Replies...Somehow that looks more complicated to me than elbowing a regular handle
This Courtroom's Door Handles Are Little Gavels
The Sun Is Making My Door Feel Exclamatory Today
I Found A Door (And Nothing Else) On An Abandoned Beach
The mailbox is what makes it uniquely funny.
Load More Replies...Please elaborate on "abandoned beach". How does one abandon a beach exactly?
This Extremely Large Vault Door. It’s About 3 1/2 Feet Thick And Weighs About 40 Tons
It has been purchased by that Facebook dude to install as his bathroom door in his bunker...
oh guess a urge to pee late at night sleepdrunken and closed doors🙈
Load More Replies...I want to know what's behind those double doors that they need a 40 ton vault door.
Found A Skinny Door
In my experience, extremely thin doors like this usually cover retractable temporary partitions used to divide the room into smaller spaces. When not in use, they fold back into a sort of closet, and the skinny door tidies up the appearance. Not sure this is the case here. Despite the sign, I have trouble picturing that as any sort of usable restroom door.
It's probably a plumbing chase door. I'm between two bathrooms, you make the wall like 2 feet wide. Then a tiny door let's you get in and replace pipes later on.
This Door That Says It's Not A Door
BP is always putting the wrong pictures in.
Load More Replies...The longer this door lives in denial, the worse it will get for its mental health.
This Old Fire Door. If The Rope Catches Fire It Drops The Weight And The Door Rolls Down The Slanted Tracks To Close
You could just slide it open and pass through. A little kid might have a problem but an adult should be able to open it fairly easily. I've moved similar doors. In fact, the sliding doors on our barns and machine shed (farm) were a lot harder to open and close than this. The tracks were level but the doors were large and weighed hundreds of pounds.
Load More Replies...I didn't realize emergency exits could auto close. Pretty neat for containment.
Is it just me or does the door look too tall to actually close based on the angle of the track?
If you zoom in, you can see that the right side of the door is a few inches above the left side of the walkway.
Load More Replies...Hotels have fire doors. When you close them the fire is it supposed to get to that side of the hotel.
So if the fire starts in the other side of the wall, it's no use at all?
Butcher Shop Door Handle Is A Butcher Knife
butchers wife might have caught the butcher with another side of beef?
Yeah, *that's* a lot like the Springfield Butcher Shop. But theirs is a more rusted appearance, not shiny.
This Apartment I Had To Delivery Something To Has A Fully Functioning Door Leading To A Sheer Drop. It Was On The 37th Floor
I'm sitting down in the safety of a chair and I'm fighting the urge to scream just looking at this picture.
This is the exit they make you use if you get too far behind on the rent.
security exit if the lift doesn't work? No ability to add a ladder on the outside? I hope this isn't the HR floor where people get fired 🙈
It has safety bars at least. Maybe it was supposed to have a window but they ran out of glass lol
The Doors On This Train Have Hands With 6 Fingers
Perhaps the graphic designer did this as a test to see if anyone was paying attention and the answer turned out to be no.
Hannibal Lecter was here. (For those who only watched the movies, in the books he has six fingers on each hand).
This Very Thoroughly Labeled Cafeteria Door
I'm guessing it's the kitchen, but I could be wrong.
Load More Replies...Totally a beginner mistake... it has already too few signs and writing some in other languages would fix that problem right away 👍
Load More Replies...Looks like they are trying to hide the truth. It's probably a bar behind that door. Or where they keep their money...
It's So Cold In Chicago That This Door Handle Froze From The Outside In
Had that happen when I lived in Denver. The same storm that did that also broke one of my windows.
When the weather is warmer, you might want to think about replacing your door and hardware.
Some Doors In London Have Knobs In The Center
Per Google, since I wanted to know: "Some London doors have knobs in the middle for symmetry and to make the door stronger. The k**b in the middle is also said to provide more security, with a crossbar across the width for support." "...the placement of door knobs in the middle is often due to comfortability factors, security, and visual appeal, particularly when considering some European-style locks and outward-facing doors.
the doors in our 180 years old farmhouse also have knobs in the middle - the doors are wider than nowadays standard doors, so you use the k**b to shut them easier, esp if you are a smaller person
It isn’t. The lock portion is off to one side. Maybe somewhat more tension on the springs but otherwise not more work
Load More Replies...i never understand the round knobs, my often slippery hands hate them
Scratches On My Door From When My Dog Was Young vs. Old
Yes, from your "dog", and totally not from the victim you keep locked in your house.
My dog would do this too. She knew how the door opened so would focus on the side that opened and the k**b. She would flip out if there was thunder.
Load More Replies...What kind of pet owner are you? Scratching is not typical behaviour of dogs, unless something is going on in the home.
My front door is also badly scratched, but the explanation is far less charming. It was caused by my former upstairs neighbour, who was in the habit of coming home so drunk he'd forget how a key works and be incapable of finding the keyhole with it. Fortunately he's moved down the block recently, which is an imperfect but appreciated improvement. At least we no longer share a front door, or a floor/ceiling (as on the nights he was able to eventually make it inside, instead of passing out in the porch, he'd drag himself up the stairs and then be crashing around above my head in the wee hours). I'll never be able to look at a scratched door without promptly assuming something must be very wrong.
Door In The Emergency Room Has A Smaller Door In It To Prevent Patients From Barricading Door
There are three mental states that would make this necessary...Safety (dementia, etc), Baker (self harm/ending), and Marchman (d**g/alcohol detox).
Load More Replies...I have never wanted to open and jump through a door while shouting "Ha ha!" more...
My clumsy self would try to get through the small one anyway and trip. Or get stuck. Or both.
I've often wanted to be able to pump Haldol through the vents. Would make life so much easier. But yes, in our psych ER the door swung out, towards us. So that we could barricade the patients in if needed. It made much more sense.
Load More Replies...These Doors Lead To A Deadly Pit
They had a door like this at my last workplace. Same sign and everything, except it was indoors. Of course, after that I just HAD to find out what was on the other side. And on my last day, while I was on my break, I decided I was going to find out once and for all because damned if I was leaving without getting closure. The door was locked, but I found an entrance to a service tunnel elsewhere in the building which went clear around the edges of the space. We're talking cables and concrete walls and mysterious bits of discarded debris including a shopping trolley, and eerie silence and shadows. Not only that but when I followed it in the direction of the sealed door I found a catwalk above head height with a tunnel you'd have to crawl through (I didn't even try). And there was the inside of the door, which could indeed only be reached by a few steel rungs set into the wall. I'm at least 90% certain nobody ever disappeared never to be seen again.
It reminds me of the excerpt of the Terry Pratchett book Going Postal where Vetinari offers Moist Von Lipwick a choice. To become postmaster general or leave via a door. Moist gets up and opens the door to have a look before choosing and finds a huge pit directly behind the door.
Where they drop the folks who don't pay their towing bill!
The Beefy Steel Door Of The Office
*100% sure it used to be used as a bunker. I think. Okay, so 90% sure....*
Not "used to be" near as I can tell. Appears to be a new install. Doorknob and pin plates appear to have the manufacturer plastic covers still on them.
Load More Replies...we had such massiv doors at my old home too..As we repainted them,we found out they were hollow frames covered by a very thin and cheap wood The inner frame construction caused the weight wirh some metal inlays..but the doorframes were metal based/ or covered.It was a former american soldier appartment in Germamy, so I guess they had to make some improvisation through the years.Also each door had different width..
It's an Russian door, they are not as stabil as it looks like.. they are pretty light
This Door Is Welded Shut. It Is Not An Entrance. Also, It’s Eight Feet Off The Ground
Good that the sign explains "Not an entrance" so people don't just try to wander in... 😉
well, again this is for code compliance / safety inspectors. It is easier to put up a sign for those sorts of people than it is to keep explaining / showing them the door is not functional.
Load More Replies...Last time I saw a door that far up the wall, it was at the Winchester Mystery House. Open that sucker from the inside and you'd fall two storeys into the rose bushes.
I've seen doors like this where there was a railway siding that ran along the building which was later removed. A door that high up would let someone lean out to look in something like an open top gondola (short open top car) to see if it was being loaded properly and decide if they needed to move a new car in or something.
Well I've been down so goddamn long that it looks like up for me. Why don't one of you people come on and set me free?
Load More Replies...I would love to see more posts like with other objects. This was fun.
Load More Replies...My grandfather always used to say that when one door closes, another one opens. Great optimist, terrible cabinet maker.
Steps to nowhere. San Juan 2010. Steps with a drew-in door. Vacances-2...ecf0c0.jpg
never knew I could be so entertained by a bunch of door bit here we are...
Well I've been down so goddamn long that it looks like up for me. Why don't one of you people come on and set me free?
Load More Replies...I would love to see more posts like with other objects. This was fun.
Load More Replies...My grandfather always used to say that when one door closes, another one opens. Great optimist, terrible cabinet maker.
Steps to nowhere. San Juan 2010. Steps with a drew-in door. Vacances-2...ecf0c0.jpg
never knew I could be so entertained by a bunch of door bit here we are...
