Visiting the Mystery House

I have wanted to visit the Winchester Mystery House since I first read about it as a kid.  The idea of a house so expansive and rambling as the Mystery House held great appeal to me.  This house was built by workmen hired by Sarah Winchester, heir to the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, to work around the clock for nearly 40 years.  The house boasts doors to nowhere, stairways that lead right to the ceiling, windows in the floor, and a winding 7 flight, 44 step staircase that takes you a total of 10 vertical feet to the next level.  Mrs. Winchester seemed to think that she would be safe from the spirits of those killed by the Winchester rifle if she kept building onto her house.  It is a marvel to behold and an amazing feat of architecture for someone who never studied the discipline, nor drew up a single blueprint.