Paradise Designed To Survive a Nuclear Apocalypse

If you’re going to have to live through a nuclear apocalypse, I suppose living in some “Blast From the Past” bunker would suffice — but why do that when you could pony up $18 million and live in an underground wonderland that (if it weren’t for the lack of sunlight) would be a great place to be if you could never go above ground again?

Improbably, this underground lair is a mere two miles from the Las Vegas Strip, so I’m guessing you might already be used to never seeing daylight. I mean, let’s face it, if ever there were a town designed to help people avoid daylight if they want, it’s Vegas.

“This unique 14,620 sqft concrete & steel doomsday bunker was designed to survive cataclysmic events in comfort,” said Realtor Stephan LaForge with Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Nevada.

And no seriously, he’s not kidding. It has a yard with a pool. It has a spa. It has “trees,” it has a guest house (because you get guests a lot after a nuclear holocaust?), a barbecue, and a fountain.

Worried about becoming a light-avoiding mole person? It also has 500 linear feet of floor-to-ceiling murals of city and mountain views, and includes lighting that simulates day, dusk, and dawn.

According to Curbed, businessman Girard Henderson constructed the bunker in 1978, 26 feet below the ground.

Now, can we talk about the inside of the house in the bunker? Because uh, guys, I don’t think it’s been redecorated since Doris Day flirted with Rock Hudson.

Although, I guess, if you’ve just survived a nuclear blast, you’re not gonna be too picky about the decor, right?

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