by ziggy Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:10 pm
I have! Winchester Mystery House - twice. I used to live less than a mile from it. It's really cool and really creepy although not as creepy as that freaky museum or the catacombs I would think. I would dig Easter Island.
Winchester House has a lot of really great history in the Winchester Rifle Company stories and the stained glass, wood carvings and other architectural designs and artifacts. Sarah Winchester was really tiny, like 4' 10" and so there are bizarre stairways that have multiple flights that wind back around with steps about 2 inched tall - almost like a wheelchair ramp to go up one flight but with teensy stairs.
Portions of the house are so beautiful and if you can imagine it being surrounded at one time by all the orchards - very isolated - it makes it even more mysterious. They have midnight flashlight tours there around Halloween...I always wanted to do that.