Dwight Calwhite tours a 15,000-square-foot underground mansion built in the 1970s beneath Las Vegas by businessman Jerry Henderson and architect Jay Swayze. The bunker features a swimming pool, fake trees and boulders, and over 1,000 fluorescent lights designed to simulate the sky.
You'd never guess that below this quiet Vegas neighborhood, there's a hidden world that feels like a movie set. This is the Underground House, a bunker-style mansion built 26 feet beneath the surface during the Cold War. Businessman Jerry Henderson and architect Jay Swayze designed it in the 1970s to be both luxurious and nuclear disaster ready, and they went all in on the details. This 15,000-square-foot underground estate includes a swimming pool and hot tub surrounded by fake trees, grass, boulders, and mural art landscape. The space is lit with over 1,000 colored fluorescent lights that mimic the sky from sunrise to sunset. The house at the center of the bunker looks surreal, and as soon as I stepped inside, I felt like I was transported back in time. The wallpaper, the furniture, and the kitchen all scream retro luxury. Every inch of this place exudes 1970s opulence and makes you forget you're buried in concrete. What started as a Cold War survival bunker is now one of Las Vegas's coolest hidden treasures. Part part museum, and totally unforgettable. It also happens to be for sale, so let me know if you're interested and hit that like button if you want to throw an underground pool party here.
