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Table Of Content Lonely Planet's must-see attractions AHEAD OF HER TIME There's also no concrete evidence that she ever visited a medium that pointed her west, Boehme said. Rites of Spring: Nature, Myth, and Legends … and doors that open to a 12-foot drop, among other things. Explore a Winchester Mystery House Floor Plan In 1885, a widowed Sarah Winchester moved to California to start a new life in a farmhouse she built on 40 acres. After the quake, Winchester had mantles and fronts torn off fireplaces and their brick chimneys encased in metal, probably so they wouldn’t crumble in the event of another disaster. Magnuson’s thought was to mix this up with new spaces to attract new and returning visitors. After ten intense months, 40 hidden spaces—including some even the staff had only rarely seen—opened to the public in May 2017. The true nature of Winchester’s motivations is likely to remain a mystery. But as the video tour points out, the house she built was not only bizarr...