Where could the Nazis have hidden the legendary Amber Room? I'm Adam from Ripleys.com and this is your Weird Minute. Considered one of the eight wonders of the world, the Amber Room was a 590 square foot room covered from floor to ceiling in 13,000 pounds of glistening amber. Originally built for Charlettenberg Palace in Berlin, Prussia in 1701,
it quickly became the envy of aristocrats and royalty all over Europe. Travelling from palace to palace for a few years, it eventually caught the eye of Tsar Peter the Great. Eventually the Russian leader received it as a gift, and it was moved to St. Petersburg. It remained there until World War II, when it was disassembled by the Nazis. Set up for a short time in Konigsberg Castle, the wall was rumoured to have been crated up as Allied forces moved in and stored in the basement.
Konisberg was levelled in the war and the Amber Room was never seen again. Some suggest the room had been evacuated in secret by ship and then lost at sea. Others think that the room stolen by the Nazis was a fake and that the true room has remained in Russia. For more stories of lost treasure visit Ripley's calm rate the weird minute if you haven't already and tune in tomorrow for another minute of odds