Historical Abandoned Military Bases Around the World

Greenbrier Bunker, West Virginia

The story of the Greenbrier Bunker sounds like something out of a movie, but as they say, reality is truly stranger than fiction. The Greenbrier Resort, located on a beautiful hillside in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, is one of America’s most famous luxury resorts. It is directly below this that a massive government bomb bunker was built in secrecy per the orders of President Dwight Eisenhower under the moniker “Project Greek Island.” The bunker was to be capable of holding all 1,100 members of the House and Senate should nuclear war breakout in America. The bunker was built right under the nose of the well-to-do patrons of the luxury resort, with three foot thick concrete walls and rows of metal bunkbeds for those who would inhabit it if the government’s fears were to become reality. One room was used regularly as a “conference room” for the hotel, but was actually the “Exhibit Hall” for the bunker. The bunker was exposed by the Washington Post in 1992, and part of it now is open to tourists.