10The Winchester Mystery House, San Jose
Heiress Sarah Winchester lost her husband, her mother, and her father-in-law to tuberculosis within a single year. After their passing, she bought and started to renovate a little two-story house in San Jose that would go on to become the famous Winchester Mystery House. She spent 38 years adding strange architectural elements, resulting in a huge mansion that includes 47 stairways, 47 stairways, 161 rooms, and 10,000 windows.
This was all done, allegedly, to confuse the ghosts of all those killed with Winchester rifles. Since her passing in 1922, many visitors have told of a plethora of paranormal encounters in the house, from feeling icy chills to the odd appearance of an unknown groundskeeper. Several paranormal experts have toured the property.
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