WILDWOOD, Mo. — A two-story house in Wildwood is up for sale, and while on the outside it may look like a traditional three-bedroom house, a massive miniature world hides itself in the basement.

The home located at 1571 Englebrook Drive was built in 1995 by previous owners Garie and Norman Holman. Genyne Rideout, the daughter of the home’s original owners, has now put the house up for sale at $549,000.

Rideout said the home has served the family as an “oasis” and gathering place for events and holidays. While the home comes with many amenities and features, one sticks out as the most unique: a museum-quality train display.

The display began as a passion project for Rideout’s father, Norman, who had taken a train ride through the mountains in Colorado in his early 20s and wanted to recreate his experience in miniature form.

“What you see is his dream come to life,” Rideout said.

Rideout said Holman had always been obsessed with trains since he was a child and carried that love with him through adulthood. As a carpenter by trade, Holman used his building expertise to create the display in collaboration with local artists.

The display is spread out across a corner of the basement with mountains, trees, waterfalls, streams, and small towns. One unique feature of the display is a tunnel that Holman created by curving a piece of drywall and adding a hole in the wall for the train to cruise through.

Holman worked with local mural artist Gregory Gray to create the display’s backdrop with mountains, native animals, plains, and even Native American teepees, which Rideout said points to Holman’s ancestry.

Black lights have also been installed on the ceilings, which bring out the twinkling stars and city lights when the room’s main light fixtures are turned off.

Holman’s creation was even featured in the 2016 edition of Toy Train Magazine, spotlighting the vastness of the display and its attention to detail.

Rideout said that while the display’s trains have been sold, they are hoping the home’s next owners will be interested in keeping the display.

“This is bittersweet for me because we are now listing the home, and I just have wonderful memories,” Rideout said. “We hope to have another family come in here, hopefully with a train hobbyist or someone with young children, and make great memories here as well.”