This house, built by paranoid and wealthy business man Jerry Henderson, is located in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the outside, it looks like a standard home, but you’d never guess that there’s a 15,200 square foot bunker stories below the surface.

Built in 1978, Henderson had the shelter built because he was concerned about the state of the world and worried that someone was going to attack the US with their Nuclear arsenal. Henderson spent most of his career getting wealthy with his involvement with Avon cosmetics and Gulfstream. In 1964, he started a new business called “Underground World Homes.” It was a doomsday-bunker designing and building company.

He pitched his products at the New York Worlds Fair in the mid-60’s, but no one was really biting. Instead, he decided to build one for himself, beneath a specially constructed home with an elevator going down into the safest place he knew.

Not only did he build a house inside his bunker, he also built a guest house, surrounded by a lawn, putting green, fake trees, fake rocks, and a fake sky.

Just check that out. Could almost be a real lawn. He also put in adjustable light settings that made the bunker look like it was “sunset,” “daylight,” “dusk,” and “night.”

Can you imagine nailing your birdie on this groovy green, while the mutant zombie hordes wander the wasteland?

He even had a town painted on the walls, to make everything seem normal.

Looks relaxing

He even had a pool put in

He even had a fountain put in, to make everything seem more idyllic and normal.

This is what the inside of the open-concept and unfurnished house looks like.

But it does have a wet bar and a fireplace, so really…

The bedroom’s got a nice 70’s chic look to it.

But that view, though.

The second bedroom had a nice “let’s pretend the end of days isn’t here” type of wallpaper.

How about that kitchen. Came with a built in coffee maker and toaster, and is a perfect time capsule for the decorating aesthetic at the time.

There’s pink shag carpeting in the bathroom.

But at least there’s a whirlpool tub.

The guest house is pretty quaint. Has a mini-kitchen so you don’t disturb your host, and right outside is a BBQ hidden in a boulder.

Though, what would you be grilling down there?

Fortunately, Henderson never got to use the shelter for it’s original intention, and he and his wife passed away in the 80’s. The house has changed hands over the years, and is currently run by The Society for the Preservation of Near Extinct Species – a secretive and mysterious group that’s looking into extending the human lifespan. They do offer tours though, which is nice.