Melissa Brodt wasn't sure what to expect when she peeled away the dark green shingles covering a bedroom wall. Seeing row after row of baseball cards from the 1970s and 80s glued to the walls was a surprise.
The asphalt roof shingles were an odd choice of wall covering, so she'd braced for just about anything -- but seeing row after row of baseball cards from the 1970s and 80s glued to the walls was still a surprise.A couple renovating a 115-year-old building discovered two 60-foot-long hidden muralsIn all, there are around 1,600 cards, Brodt told CNN on Tuesday.
When he was 12 or 13, Nelson said he'd amassed a large collection of baseball cards."In the late 80s I was absolutely obsessed with baseball," he said."We just decided we were going to wallpaper one of the walls with the excess baseball cards."The project took Nelson and his parents a weekend to complete.