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Craving a Cave? This Week’s Most Popular Home Is Totally Underground

When we tally up the clicks on homes for sale around the country each week, sometimes the stories just write themselves. This is one of those weeks—the most popular home on realtor.com® this week is a cave. Seriously.

The dwelling in Festus, MO, is a three-bedroom home built into a previously existing cave. The owners purchased the massive complex on eBay in 2003 and spent years building their home into a mountainside gash.

Now a buyer can snag the fruits of their subterranean labor for only $349,900. If the siren call of the cave home isn’t enough, perhaps you can be swayed by the former roller-skating rink (also in a cave!) that’s now a massive 8,000-square-foot storage area on the property. There’s a lot to explore, and we’re hoping a buyer will let us in for a tour once a deal is struck. Call us. Seriously, call us.

Back above ground, you clicked on an intriguing blend of properties. Reba McEntire‘s mansion wound up in second place, a brewery-turned-residence in Illinois comes with its own fermentation cellar, and you were also intrigued by a penthouse in NYC being eyed by a house-hunting Alec Baldwin.

This week’s most popular properties are certainly eye-catching, so we advise you to dig in.

10. 119 Kelly Rd, Buffalo Township, PA

Price: $424,700
Why it’s here: Listing agent Judi Agostinelli said this log cabin is popular because “it’s not a cookie-cutter home.” True. And a buyer could enjoy a country lifestyle, yet live only 30 minutes outside of Pittsburgh. The agent also attributes interest to the home’s 2-acre lot. The home has “all the modern amenities buyers want but with a country, rustic feel,” she added.

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9. 6111 W Omaha Ave, Norfolk, NE

Price: $1,200,000
Why it’s here: About an hour and a half outside of Omaha, this property on the prairie comes with 40 acres of land. Listing agent Mike Proffitt said the quality of the house was impeccable, and the listing was passed around on social media. In a city where the median price is around $140,000, this is at the top end of the market, which spurs curious lookers. Proffitt said buyers “are few and far between,” but he thinks a prosperous professional will pick up this “beautiful home.”

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8. 522 Marie Ln, Ballwin, MO

Price: $249,900
Why it’s here: It’s a ’70s-era ranch home with a finished basement. Priced below the city’s median list price of $275,000, this four-bedroom home has generated plenty of local interest.

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7. 26916 Russell Rd, Bay Village, OH

Price: $249,900
Why it’s here: After less than a week on the market, the price on this charming home was sliced by $10,000. Fully renovated, this three-bedroom home offers oodles of curb appeal.

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6. 2240 Cedar Forks Ct, Marietta, GA

Price: $235,000
Why it’s here: It looks like a cool contemporary from the outside. However, an intriguing roofline and interesting angles aren’t all the home offers. The interiors of this three-bedroom home are wide open and airy, and the back deck looks like a perfect spot to plop down after work.

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5. 202 S West St, Odell, IL

Price: $115,000
Why it’s here: Will someone please buy this 11-bedroom bargain already? After topping our list a few weeks back, it’s continued to rack up tons of clicks. However, no purchaser has stepped to the altar for this former church.

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4. 470 W 24th St Penthouse AB, Manhattan, NY

Price: $16,500,000
Why it’s here: This luxury penthouse has caught the sparkling blue eyes of actor Alec Baldwin. Page Six reported the “Match Game” host has made at least three visits to the apartment, which reportedly belongs to “Sopranos” creator David Chase.

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3. 404 S Dodge St, Galena, IL

Price: $378,000
Why it’s here: Someone’s gonna get a bargain with this former brewery, which was built in 1842. Listing agent Diane Self told us the current owners have spent around $480,000 restoring the home with care and attention to detail. Self said, “everyone who sees it loves it,” but the price is a hurdle in an area where the median list price is $116,000. We’re in love with the former fermentation cellar, which would make for a simply awesome man cave.

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2. 175 Cherokee Dock Rd, Lebanon, TN

Price: $7,900,000
Why it’s here: It’s Reba McEntire‘s mansion! The 83-acre spread known as Starstruck Farm comes with an equestrian center, home theater, and wine room. We’ll toast to a tantalizing opportunity in Tennessee!

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1. Undisclosed address, Festus, MO

Price: $349,900
Why it’s here: It’s a cave! We’ve never stumbled across a home carved into the face of a mountain until now. For one, think of the utility savings. If you’re able to overlook the whole subterranean spookiness, the listing touts the home’s “perfect temperature year round for living comfortably.”

According to the listing, there are three distinct chambers in the cave complex—a front chamber which is the living area, a middle chamber, and an enormous third chamber measuring over 8,000 square feet. The third chamber was a roller rink and live music venue known as Caveland, and it hosted musicians including Ted Nugent and Bob Seger. If these cave walls could talk…

And it’s not the first go-round on the market for these below-ground digs. It was up for sale on eBay in 2009 with an opening bid of $300,000. The home never changed hands, and the owners now have a site devoted to the home’s history.

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