I visited the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose.
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They, too had a few coin-operated amusements.
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There was lots of stained glass.
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Many of the steps were shallow risers.
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The house has lots of architecturally-unusual elements. For example, they built a window into the floor.
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The same window, looking up from below.
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If you look carefully at the parts that aren't reflections, you can see that they built this window facing the back of a wall.
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The house was built by a crazy, rich widow.
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The ballroom.
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Fruit drying racks.
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This door just opens to nowhere.
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You'd just fall from the second story.
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Finally, this round dome is actually a movie theater. It was next to the Mystery House.
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Goodbye, San Francisco.
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