October 05, 2005

Pulling Back The Curtain On A Mystery

When we lived in San Jose, we were always in a quandry about what to do with out-of-town guests, particularly if they'd visited us before: outside of some pleasant shopping-and-a-cafe experiences, the metro area really only had two 'attractions': the Great America themepark (which is closed for half the year!) and the Winchester Mystery House. (Sure, you could go south to the redwoods and Santa Cruz, or north to San Francisco/Berkeley/Napa/whatever, but leaving the area was cheating — and usually made for a long day when you had to be back in SJ that night.)

Today BoingBoing pointed to a blog by a former Winchester Mystery House employee that consists of nothing but Mystery House pictures and anecdotes, many of them from 'behind the scenes'. He's been blogging for four months so far; I wonder how much longer his picture library will allow him to go ...

Posted by Kevin at October 5, 2005 09:07 AM