PHOTOS: Spend the apocalypse in swanky $18M Las Vegas house

By Abigail Constantino
May 18, 2020 | 6:45 PM

The glass sliding doors open up to the "outdoors." (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>)

The house has a game room. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — There is a game room, two bars and a theater room. The interior is a blast from the past, with a 1970s kitchen, a large stone fireplace and an "outside" lawn that has painted views and scenes.

The kitchen is a blast from the past with its 1970s décor. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — The kitchen is a blast from the past with its 1970s decor. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>)

The seating area has hand-painted murals for views. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — The lawn is carpeted with artificial grass, and has "trees" and a pool.

The lighting changes to morning, noon or night. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — The views are hand-painted murals with lighting that changes from early morning, midday, evening to night. Oh, almost forgot to mention the waterfall.

This underground home has a pool. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — The five-bedroom, six-bath house also has a generator and a 1,000-gallon water tank.

The home opens up to the "outdoors." (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — The house was sold in 2014 for $1.7 million, and can be yours for the 2020 price of $18 million. It is being touted as "an underground home easy to convert into an amazing pandemic shelter" by <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>.

A waterfall is one of the features of this underground home. (Courtesy Berkshire Hathaway via <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TopTenRealEstateDeals.com</a>) — In the 1950s and 1960s, the U.S. was embroiled in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. And with the Cuban Missile Crisis, many American homeowners built fallout shelters stocked with supplies in case of an attack. <a href="https://www.toptenrealestatedeals.com/weekly-ten-best-home-deals/home/luxury-las-vegas-underground-doomsday-estate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Find out more about this 1978 swanky home</a>.

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A Las Vegas home for sale evokes the feel of the 1970s and the security of a bomb shelter.

The 5,000-square-foot house, grounds and amenities were built underground inside a 15,000-square-foot bunker of steel-reinforced concrete by Avon cosmetics executive Girard Henderson, who wanted the underground home to be as close to his aboveground lifestyle as possible.

Prison to posh: DC’s Lorton Reformatory transforms into stylish suburban development

By Neal Augenstein
June 4, 2020 | 7:32 AM

If those walls could talk, the bricks of the former Lorton Reformatory would likely express surprise. What was once an overcrowded, violent penitentiary for prisoners from the District is now a desirable suburban development — and in the midst of becoming a thriving urban village.

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