4. Winchester House - California
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obf1vFaCBSM The Winchester Mystery House is a reportedly haunted house situated in California, North America. It is believed that Sarah Winchester, a woman who had recently lost her husband was contacted by the dead man through a medium. In this communication, her husband told her that she had to finish construction on her house or the spirits which haunted her family would kill her like they had already killed her husband. Likely story? In any case, Sarah did as her husband had said and she continued to build on the house until her death in 1922. In order to 'confuse' the spirits that Sarah believed would kill her, she built many traps in the house such as doors that lead to nowhere and windows that only looked into other parts of the house. In 1906, an earthquake took down three of the seven stories of the house, but due to its floating foundation it was saved from total destruction. After Winchester's death, the house was bequeathed to her niece who sold it despite auctioneers claiming it to be practically worthless after the damage that the earthquake had caused. Today, it is possible to tour the labyrinthine house, but there is still little known surrounding the mystery of the mansion and its owner.