America may not be that “old” of a nation, but it has plenty of haunted houses rich with their own history. Recently, I visited one of the more famous haunted houses in the country: the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, California. It’s a strange mansion that sits right next to to the flashy Santana Row shopping center in downtown San Jose. A quick Google search on the mansion and you’ll find out it was once home to Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune. You may also learn that it has over one-hundred-and-sixty rooms and almost no architectural planning. What does that mean? It means the interior of the house is a labyrinth of hallways, rooms, and doors that lead to nowhere, and windows used for spying on the help.
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