US Nuclear Bunker for Sale for $1.5 Million

Cape May Bunker. MAK_PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
Cape May Bunker. MAK_PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
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US Nuclear Bunker for Sale for $1.5 Million

Cape May Bunker. MAK_PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES
Cape May Bunker. MAK_PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES

A concrete bunker built to protect the nuclear bomb during the Cold War between the US and Russia in the 1940s, has been offered for sale for a multi-million-dollar price tag.

The Survival Condo, established in Kansas City, has 15 underground floors full of luxury amenities and extends down by 200 feet. According to The Sun, a recent CNET report revealed what the gigantic complex currently looks like inside.

Located around 200 miles from Kansas City, anyone wishing to buy the bunker will need at least $1.5 million (£1.35 million).

The exceptional building includes a condo which accommodates three to five people. Instead of windows the underground suites have TV screens that show a constant picture of the world outside.

There's an additional cost of $2,500 (£2,000) a month during your stay.

Mega-rich members of society hoping to shelter here could enjoy the complex's pool, water slide, sauna, cinema room, shooting range, bar, medical facilities and a lot more.



Pope Leo to Escape Rome’s Summer Heat with July Stay at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV meets the members of the Rome's local church in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP)
Pope Leo XIV meets the members of the Rome's local church in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP)
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Pope Leo to Escape Rome’s Summer Heat with July Stay at Castel Gandolfo

Pope Leo XIV meets the members of the Rome's local church in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP)
Pope Leo XIV meets the members of the Rome's local church in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP)

As temperatures in Rome swelter this month, reaching more than 35 degrees Celsius (95°F) under the hot Mediterranean sun, Pope Leo has decided to leave town.

The pontiff will spend July 6 to 20 about an hour's drive south in Castel Gandolfo, a small hamlet on Lake Albano, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

Leo, elected pope on May 8 to replace the late Pope Francis, will also return to the lakeshore for at least one weekend in August, it said.

All of Leo's public and private audiences have been suspended from July 2 through July 23, the Vatican said, as was usual under Francis, to allow the pontiff a period of rest. They will restart on July 30.

By going to Castel Gandolfo, Leo is restarting a summer tradition that was broken by Francis.

Dozens of popes over centuries have spent the summer months at Lake Albano, where temperatures are usually about ten degrees cooler than Rome, but Francis preferred to stay in his air-conditioned Vatican residence.

The Vatican has owned a papal palace and surrounding grounds in Castel Gandolfo since 1596. Spanning 55 hectares, the property includes official apartments, elaborate Renaissance-style gardens, a forest and a working dairy farm.

Francis, who shunned most of the trappings of the papacy, had the official papal palace turned into a museum.

Vatican spokesperson Matteo Bruni told Reuters the pope would not stay at the palace, which will remain a museum, and will instead stay on another Vatican property.

Leo will return to Castel Gandolfo for the weekend of August 15 to 17.