Winchester Mystery House
The Winchester Mystery House is a well-known California mansion that was under construction continuously for 38 years, and is reported to be haunted. It once was the personal residence of Sarah Winchester, the widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. Under Winchester's day-to-day guidance, its "from-the-ground-up" construction proceeded around-the-clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5, 1922, at which time work immediately ceased. The cost for such constant building has been estimated at about US $5.5 million (if paid in 1922, this would be equivalent to almost $70 million in 2008 dollars).
The mansion is renowned for its size and utter lack of any master building plan. According to popular belief, Winchester thought the house was haunted by the ghosts of individuals killed by Winchester rifles, and that only continuous construction would appease them. It is located at 525 South Winchester Blvd. in San Jose, California. (Wikipedia)
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Thad Roan - Bridgepix (28 months ago | reply)
Luĭs Eduardo (28 months ago | reply)
Fantastic
jimgspokane (28 months ago | reply)
Fabulous shot! This house was featured on the Discovery Channel, History Channel, or something of the like! Most interesting place and lady.
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Tanozzo (28 months ago | reply)
Superb HDR, my friend. And thank you for the whole story about the house. Keep posting!
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XOZ (The REAL XOZ) (28 months ago | reply)
I have always loved this house and you did the best job with it. Beautiful work! :-)
~ Ray ~ (28 months ago | reply)
details and rich colors really pops. Brilliant compo and processing. Well done cheers!
stryder© (28 months ago | reply)
so the gold for which they died would be spent.
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edpuskas (28 months ago | reply)
Great shot!
MatRecio (28 months ago | reply)
Great HDR
Angie Bunch (28 months ago | reply)
Excellent shot!
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Paty Cezarini (28 months ago | reply)
amazing!
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blackrose916... (28 months ago | reply)
Great shot and processing.
JAB88. (28 months ago | reply)
Nice Shot! There is an article that is on display that was published after she had died, the house was appraised to be worth nothing, it was just too bizarre I guess for most people.
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bpjizay (27 months ago | reply)
gorgeous. -2, 0, +2 ?
Thad Roan - Bridgepix (27 months ago | reply)
Yes
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Hot Flash Photography (20 months ago | reply)
Can you believe I only live 20 odd miles from there and have never been??? Great HDR. Do you remember anything about the restrictions on inside photography?
Thad Roan - Bridgepix (20 months ago | reply)
I didn't go inside.
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xolhe (17 months ago | reply)
Esta me gusta, el hdr da mucho juego, los colores son preciosos y el encuadre genial, un saludo
xolhe added this photo to her favorites. (17 months ago)