SiloHome: Cold War Era Missile Silo Transformed into Luxurious Underground House in Upstate New York

This upstate New York home may look like a single-level hunting lodge on the surface, but delve a little deeper and you'll find that it actually conceals a luxurious, <a href="http://inhabitat.com/no-need-to-panic-but-survival-condos-apocalypse-proof-bunkers-are-now-sold-out/" target="_blank">bunker-style underground wing</a> that was built in an old missile silo. During the Cold War era, hundreds of missile silos were built across the United States, but most have been left forgotten and in disrepair. Bruce Francisco and his cousin Gregory Gibbons saw the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/abandoned-silos-transformed-into-a-climbing-gym/" target="_blank">potential in this silo</a> located in the Adirondack State Park, and turned it into <a href="http://www.silohome.com/the_story_of_the_missile_silohome_underground_bunker_for_sale.htm" target="_blank">SiloHome</a>, a gorgeous residence with 2,300 extra square feet of hidden, subterranean living space.

Located on 19 forested acres in Saranac, New York, the home appears to be a <a href="http://inhabitat.com/magic-mountain-lodge-is-a-hill-like-hobbit-highrise/" target="_blank">serene mountain escape</a> at first glance.

The “surface home” is an open 1,800 square foot lodge, with hardwood floors, wrap around porch and ample sky lights that fill the home with sunlight. Exposed beams, glass curtains, and a private airstrip make the mountain house already a coveted property.

But below the surface, two levels of luxury living are accessible with a touch of a keypad.

The super-secure Launch Control Center has been converted into a suite of luxury living. Blast doors lead down to a 125 foot stairwell, which accesses the subterranean space. A kitchen, dining room, entertainment room, three bedrooms and deluxe Jacuzzi bathroom await guests underneath the house.

Even further, two blast doors lead to the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/trees-take-root-in-abandoned-silos-in-american-farming-communities/" target="_blank">actual missile silo</a>, which stretches down nine floors, or 185 feet, below the surface. The tunnel is 50 feet in diameter, and was built to withstand a nuclear attack.

The unique 4 bedroom 4 bathroom property, which took over 20 years to renovate, was sold by Gibbons and Francisco for $750,000, and caters to the luxury client with a more than their <a href="http://inhabitat.com/apocalypse-now/" target="_blank">share of paranoia</a>.