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Winchester House, USA

From series “Deserted Places Causing the Feeling of Chill”
Another deserted place that is able to frighten not only with its empty premises, but a huge number of horror stories, is Winchester House in the US city of San Jose. This is a very beautiful huge house that has 160 rooms. It is situated in a picturesque landscaped garden. The owner of the house was the son of Oliver Winchester who was the inventor of the world-famous rifles. He lived in the house with his wife Sarah. All lifelong the couple was chased by a terrible misfortune.

Winchester House, USA Their only daughter died as an infant. William Winchester died quite early too. One night, he appeared in a dream to his wife Sarah, who became the sole owner of the luxury house, and told her about the curse imposed on their families. According to the legend, the family was avenged by thousand souls of the dead, whose lives were cut short by the weapons by Winchesters’ ancestors.

On that day, the rich widow decided to rebuild the house completely. She made it incredibly confusing. There were about forty stairways and corridors in the mansion. In such a way Sarah Winchester tried to hide herself from ghosts chasing her. Some locals still won’t agree to step on the threshold of the cursed house. You can easily get lost in this old mansion. There are more than 2 000 doors, about 10 000 windows and a large number of rooms of all shapes and sizes. For many years, the deserted house frightens local residents. Not all of them dare to look into the empty eye sockets of windows while passing by. Next - Hovrinskaya Hospital


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Useful staff nearby

ATM bankomat: 'U.S.Bank ATM' located in 0.1 km ( check the route on the map).
Car rental office: 'Hertz Local Edition' is located in 1.04 km ( on the map).
Fuel station: '76' in 0.16 km
Supermarket: 'Morphoses' in 0.29 km
Parking: 'Express Airport Parking' in 1.01 km
Apotheek: 'CVS Pharmacy' in 0.54 km
Police station: 'CP - Critical Incident' in 0.44 km
Cafe/restaurant: 'Flames Coffee Shop' in 0.1 km
Railway station: 'Santa Clara' in 3.97 km

Nearest airports:
 »  Moffett Federal Airfield Airport NUQ - in 13 km
 »  Palo Alto Airport PAO - in 21 km
 »  San Carlos Airport SQL - in 34 km
 »  Hayward Executive Airport HWD - in 40 km
 »  Oakland International Airport OAK - in 49 km
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Hotel Valencia Santana Row

Located in 0 km from Winchester House
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Rooms: 213
Guest rooms at the Hotel Valencia Santana Row feature a 42-inch flat-screen TV and pay-per-view movies. The rooms offer a coffee maker and bathrobes. … More: photo, rates and booking
TownePlace Suites San Jose Cupertino

Located in 1 km from Winchester House
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Rooms: 101
A flat-screen cable TV and sofa bed are provided in the spacious, warmly decorated studios at TownePlace Suites San Jose Cupertino. They have a … More: photo, rates and booking
"Moorpark Hotel, Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel"

Located in 2 km from Winchester House
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Rooms: 79
Moorpark Hotel, Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel features a well-equipped fitness centre and on-site business centre. Guests will also enjoy the … More: photo, rates and booking
DoubleTree by Hilton Campbell - Pruneyard Plaza

Located in 3 km from Winchester House
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Select suites feature a spa bath at DoubleTree by Hilton Campbell. Each room provides a flat-screen cable TV and an iPod docking station. Plush … More: photo, rates and booking

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Top destination around Winchester House - San Jose

San Jose is a very important city for the US. Although for a long time this city has been behind its famous neighbor, San Francisco, nowadays the city stands at the forefront of innovative technologies, as well as of the development and introduction of new technology projects. Thanks to its location in the famous Silicon Valley, this city started developing rapidly in the middle of the 90s. This has led to a significant increase of businesses, and then of population and infrastructure. Today San Jose is a large technological and business center. Here are located the offices of large international corporations including Google Inc, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Ebay, IBM and many others.

This city doesn’t look like any other city; here simply everything is soaked in technology and commerce. However, there are still the unresolved issues connected with the high cost of housing and lack of territory. The landscapes of San Jose look like the techno city of future. You will find here big houses made of glass and concrete and numerous constructions. However, the experience shows that not everything is so smooth here. For example, let’s remember the fall of the Internet market in the early 2000s. At that time many companies went bankrupt, and people became unemployed. So even though this small town has managed to become a big business center, we should not forget that there is not only profit and success, but also the other side of the coin.
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