During a work trip to San Jose, California we had the chance to escape and visit the Winchester Mansion. I wouldn't say its haunted or an absolute must while visiting but it was worth the trip!
This is the same trip my sister and I were in Cali at the same time and went here and here.
A friend of mine let me bring his SLR Nikon and the pictures turned out gorgeous. I am currently saving to hopefully buy one for my birthday! *sigh*
It the kind of places that can keep you wondering why for the rest of your life, if you have a little while I would recommend going to their website and learning more about the house! such as:
"Whether or not one believes in Mrs. Winchester’s superstitions about spirits, it’s harder to dismiss occurrences of the number 13 throughout the house. Many windows have 13 panes and there are 13 bathrooms, with 13 windows in the 13th Bathroom. There are also 13 wall panels in the room prior to the 13th Bathroom, and 13 steps leading to that bathroom. The Carriage Entrance Hall floor is divided into 13 cement sections. There are even 13 hooks in the Séance Room, which supposedly held the different colored robes Mrs. Winchester wore while communing with the spirits. 13 rails by the floor-level skylight in the South Conservatory, 13 steps on many of the stairways, 13 squares on each side of the Otis electric elevator, 13 glass cupolas on the Greenhouse, 13 holes in the sink drain covers, 13 ceiling panels in some of the rooms, and 13 gas jets on the Ballroom chandelier. (Mrs. Winchester had the thirteenth one added!)"
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