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Dream House of the Week: Las Vegas bomb shelter

Underground bunker becomes strange tourist attraction

Dream House of the Week: Las Vegas bomb shelter

Underground bunker becomes strange tourist attraction

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Dream House of the Week: Las Vegas bomb shelter

Underground bunker becomes strange tourist attraction

Located 26 feet under Las Vegas, this emergency shelter has become a bit of a tourist attraction, with many people calling for tours without being interested in buying the $18 million property. The home's listing agent, Stephan LaForge, told Business Insider, "There’s been lot of interest in the sense that people want to look at it. It’s like an attraction, like going to Disneyland.”The appeal seems to be a mixture of macabre curiosity surrounding "end of the world" shelters, as well as genuine interest in the what some would consider "dated" decor. The square bunker was completed in 1978 by Avon Cosmetics executive Girard Henderson, as many Americans were inspired to create such shelters after the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the listing on TopTenRealEstateDeals.com. The property features lawns, a pool with a waterfall, fountains, an "outdoor" barbecue, trees and murals depicting both city and mountain views — just in case one was stuck in the bunker for a while and missed the outside world. The main house is a full 5,000 square feet with four bedrooms and fourth baths. If you wanted to invite company over to wait out the zombie invasion there is a 450-square-foot guest house. The bunker is located under a 2, 316 square-foot house on 1.05 acres of land that includes a two-car garage.The lights in the bunker are even designed to mimic day, dusk, night and dawn, in case you forget what a normal Earth day looks like while waiting to return to the surface. Between the pink details in the kitchen and bathroom, the dated decor and reminder what this bunker was created for — shelter from a possible nuclear attack — it's easy to see why the Las Vegas bunker has become popular, even to those who aren't expecting the end of the world anytime soon.

Located 26 feet under Las Vegas, this emergency shelter has become a bit of a tourist attraction, with many people calling for tours without being interested in buying the $18 million property.

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The home's listing agent, Stephan LaForge, told Business Insider, "There’s been lot of interest in the sense that people want to look at it. It’s like an attraction, like going to Disneyland.”

The appeal seems to be a mixture of macabre curiosity surrounding "end of the world" shelters, as well as genuine interest in the what some would consider "dated" decor. The square bunker was completed in 1978 by Avon Cosmetics executive Girard Henderson, as many Americans were inspired to create such shelters after the Cold War and Cuban Missile Crisis, according to the listing on TopTenRealEstateDeals.com.

The property features lawns, a pool with a waterfall, fountains, an "outdoor" barbecue, trees and murals depicting both city and mountain views — just in case one was stuck in the bunker for a while and missed the outside world.

The main house is a full 5,000 square feet with four bedrooms and fourth baths. If you wanted to invite company over to wait out the zombie invasion there is a 450-square-foot guest house. The bunker is located under a 2, 316 square-foot house on 1.05 acres of land that includes a two-car garage.

The lights in the bunker are even designed to mimic day, dusk, night and dawn, in case you forget what a normal Earth day looks like while waiting to return to the surface.

Between the pink details in the kitchen and bathroom, the dated decor and reminder what this bunker was created for — shelter from a possible nuclear attack — it's easy to see why the Las Vegas bunker has become popular, even to those who aren't expecting the end of the world anytime soon.