Dan Kaplan stands near an iron door that marks the entrance to the Cold War-era fallout shelter in his Kensington, Md., home. These days, the room is more suitable for keeping wine at the proper ...

Urban spelunking Urban spelunking: Milwaukee residential basement fallout shelter. While survivalist bunkers are back in the news these days, they are but the latest iteration of the old ...

Fallout shelter signs were hung all over the country, becoming a lasting symbol of the Cold War. The shelter itself is a long, narrow, and largely empty basement that was meant to be the community ...

Maps reveal the nearest location of nuclear fallout shelters if major U.S. cities are bombed — but not all of them are viable anymore, experts warned ...

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THROWBACK THURSDAY: A Winona basement fallout shelter was 'living insurance' in a nuclear age. 0 Comments ... During the Cold War, signs such as these were posted at public fallout shelter locations.

Engine 60 firehouse in Hyde Park also has a fallout shelter in the basement, where they store their workout equipment. Chris Bentley/WBEZ.

There were several possible private shelter designs to build both underground and overground in such areas as the basement or your backyard. Instructional manuals and Tv shows demonstrated to the ...

Turns out, a fallout shelter can be just about anywhere — if you’re meeting the right conditions. Search Query Show Search. ... “I toured one that was in a basement, ...

How to build a DIY fallout shelter for cheap in 6 steps. First, ... If you can't build your own DIY fallout shelter, then an underground basement is the next best option.

We are in one of the guardhouses at Custume Barracks, in Athlone, waiting to explore Ireland’s “secret” government fallout shelter, and there’s a frisson of excitement in the assembled group.

If you’ve ever wondered about Lubbock’s nuclear safety, check out the impressive fallout shelter beneath a downtown ...