On the trek up north i got a chance to stop in San Jose
and tour
The Winchester Mystery House This was fun and interesting, but not so great for picture-taking. The house can be quite dark and forget tripods! They really rush you along and there isn't much time to compose shots or do time exposures. Here are the only shots i managed to snatch:
otherwise, i was completely enthralled by this music box in the gift shop.
(WARNING! craptastic audio! Turn down your speakers and pretend you are listening to an old radio. Of course the sound would blow out on this clip. Seriously though, what can you expect from a point & shoot video function on a digital camera? But still you can get an idea of how whimsical and lovely this player was despite the over-modulation.)