'It's a real steal, especially since we put millions of dollars into restoring it,' admits Francisco, who says the silo spent 30 years submerged in water before Francisco's cousin and business partner, Gregory Gibbons, got his hands on it in 1991. So how much do the owners want for this apocalypse-ready vacation home? A surprisingly modest $750,000. Construction costs in 1958 for silos like this one tallied $18 million apiece, explains Francisco, equaling nearly $400 million in today's inflation-adjusted dollars. The silo was started in 1958 and construction finished two to three years later. This site's purpose was to stash such a missile in the event of a nuclear Armageddon, capable of both firing a ICBM from its launchpad and protecting onsite workers from a direct nuclear attack. The Silo Home's underground system was built in late 1950s to house an Atlas-F Missile, a Cold War era intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) upon which nuclear warheads could sit. 'You wouldn't know this was a missile silo until you get inside and start walking down and realize the stairs just keep going.' 'I actually could fly you in and you would think it is just a normal home,' explains Bruce Francsico, one half of the real estate development duo that owns the Silo Home, and an airplane pilot himself.

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