The Winchester Mystery House,
a 160-room Victorian mansion in San Jose,
California, was finally completed after 38
years of continuous construction ordered
by widow Sarah L. Winchester, an heiress
to the Winchester Arms Company. As the
story goes, the widow was told by a
medium that bad luck had plagued her
and her family because of deaths from
rifles made by the company and that she
must move west. Winchester settled in
San Jose and some say the continuous
building of the house was suggested by
the medium to confuse the spirits. The
house has 467 doorways, 1,257 windows,
and 47 fireplaces!
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