He said he and the Pedens "are considering using both apartments upstairs and down" should Airbnb traffic pick up, "especially because some people really want the experience of sleeping underground."įulkerson said Subterra is the first and currently the only Airbnb located in a converted missile silo. In addition to a main-floor bedroom, Airbnb guests at Subterra will have a full kitchen, private bathroom, laundry services and a fireplace which gives a "nice, cozy feeling in the fall and winter months," Fulkerson said. "I see it as becoming a destination," he said, adding that the base has already been featured in several media outlets. This Atlas F Missile Silo features an underground complex strong enough to withstand nuclear holocaust, with water, electricity and a forced sewage system, according to the Zillow posting. More than being a place for people to stay when passing through Kansas, Fulkerson said he has a bigger vision for the site. Fulkerson is a neighbour of Subterra's owners, Ed and Dianna Peden, who have lived in the converted missile base since 1994 and are on board with the Airbnb idea. The underground bunker at 1200 Silo Lane in York, Nebraska once housed intercontinental ballistic missiles and was built to survive a. Matthew Fulkerson, 37, is the host for Subterra, and said it was his idea to turn the site into an Airbnb. The Survival Condo or Luxury Survival Condo Project is a company and real estate property in Kansas, which has converted an Atlas ICBM missile silo into a 15-story underground bunker. A converted missile silo is now an apocalypse-ready home. It's located in rural Wabaunsee County, about 25 kilometres southwest of Topeka.Īirbnbs are privately owned residences that are offered online for short-term rental, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. The Subterra Castle Airbnb opened for business about six months ago. A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs). Updated A subterranean bunker that once housed massive intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and was built to sustain a nuclear disaster has hit the housing market. A Cold War-era missile silo in rural northeast Kansas that housed a nuclear warhead 65 years ago and was later converted into an underground mansion is now finding a new lease on life as an Airbnb location.
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