When you arrive at the house, you are immediately struck by the size of this building there are many different stories, gardens, fountains, and doors, and that is just from the outside. With her financial freedom, she was content to honor whatever whims came from her imagination and from the spirits she believed were guiding her.” Winchester had all the time in the world – at least, all the time needed to maintain a steady pace. In any case, for nearly thirty-eight years, the round-the-clock sawing, sanding, and hammering at the Winchester Mystery House never ceased – not even on weekends or holidays. Presumably, she wanted to be friendly with the “good” spirits and avoid the “bad” spirits – and the way to be familiar with the “good” spirit, it seemed, was to build them a beautiful place to visit. Winchester built her house to accommodate the spirits, but over the years, the story has come down that she believed her life was unavoidably affected by departed souls. Location: 525 S Winchester Blvd, San Jose, CA 95128.Book the tour in advance as it can sell out on the weekends.I just did the main tour again in 2022 and here is all the information. Today you can tour the property on one of a few different tours. This is one of those strange California places that needs to be experienced to be believed. The house is thought to be haunted, there is a seance room, and while she was alive, Sarah Winchester never allowed the building of the house to stop. The house is full of mazes, corridors, doors, windows that lead to full brick walls and even a door in a second-story room that drops entirely to the ground outside of the house. By far, one of the strangest places I have written about on the blog is the Winchester Mystery House, built by the Winchester Rifle fortune.
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