Beneath the neon lights of the Strip, a forgotten world of steel doors and concrete passageways remains. From nuclear fallout shelters to clandestine mob-era crawlspaces, we explore the subterranean history of Sin City.
Browsing: Cold War bunkers
While tourists chase jackpots on the neon-drenched casino floors, a secret history of fallout shelters, classified tunnels, and doomsday survival plans remains buried beneath the city’s bedrock.
Most tourists strolling the Las Vegas Strip see nothing but neon lights and opulence, but a vast labyrinth of subterranean history lurks just beneath their feet. From Cold War fallout shelters to classified communications hubs, these 8 forgotten bunkers tell a darker story of the city’s paranoid past.
Think the neon glitz of the Strip is all there is? Beneath the velvet ropes and high-limit tables lie the remnants of a nuclear past that developers would rather keep buried.