Oh my gosh, Sharon! We may have had a root cellar and didn't know it. There was a spot on the north side of our house where the grass browned out every summer. It was right outside the kitchen. We always thought that it might have been where a small summer kitchen was, and it may have very well been, but I never considered a root cellar. Unfortunately a patio was built over the top of it two years ago, or I'd be out there digging!
As many times as I've watched The Wizard of Oz, you would have thought that I would have known that a root cellar could be detached:)
Bonehead, If I were you, I'd take a chance on those new owners letting you see the old root cellar. We've lived in our home 33 years and a couple of years ago, the son of the lady we bought the house from was driving around and I just happened to be outside so he introduced himself. Weird, but even though he was only about 15 when we bought the house, I recognized him as soon as he said he used to live here. My husband gave him a grand tour of the house and the guy was just like a little kid:) He said that his sister would be so jealous because he got to go back home. Of course, we had made a lot of changes to the house, but he still enjoyed it.
That is a scary story, Sharon! Bony fingers
