The 5.4-acre Long Island home was featured in the 1986 comedy that starred Tom Hanks and Shelley Long as a couple who attempt to renovate a recently purchased house. By Ashley Lee Money Pit Still ...

The origins of the Money Pit date back to around 1795, when a 16-year-old boy called Daniel McInnes from Chester in Nova Scotia is said to have paddled over to Oak Island to look for game to hunt.