Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester mystery house is a bizarre mansion located in San Jose, California. It was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester.
After the death of her daughter and husband, she consulted a spiritualist and a friend, who according to rumors told her the house is cursed because of all the people killed by the Winchester Rifles. She has to "build a home for yourself and for the spirits who have fallen from this terrible weapon, too. You can never stop building the house. If you continue building, you will live. Stop and you will die."
So build she did, around the clock for 38 years until her death on Sept. 5, 1922. The house now has 160 rooms, 47 fireplaces, 10,000 window panes, 17 chimneys, 950 doors, and 40 staircases. It is famous for its nonsensical architecture, with hidden rooms, staircases leading to nowhere, cupboard doors open to solid brick walls and secret passages.
And if you're visiting, watch out for that door open to sheer drops.
