winchester mystery house and rose red

Something as simple as a camera flash can damage paint and such just from the light, especially if there are thousands of people taking photos a year.
They might have not appreciated people maybe taking photos and faking ghost sightings.

Or it could be as simple as its out of respect for the family. I know here in Australia there are a lot of places you can't take photo's just for cultural and spiritual beliefs.

Absolutely true!Rose Red was shot in Thornewood Castle,which is much gorgeous to me than the Winchester House.And besides,Thornewood Castle is really haunted!Just see what the president of Washington State Ghost Society says:
"Thornewood Castle is the most magical of places I have visited. ...it has an extremely high degree of energy and that energy is healing. ... Thornewood seems to be in a special spatial displacement of time... It has all the features conducive to what people consider a haunting to incorporate. ... Without a doubt, it is the most uniquely haunted location I have ever visited."
http://www.thornewoodcastle.com
Yes and everyone should have a look on the pictures of this castle,look at the First Floor Interior pictures,the Great Hall looks just like in Rose Red!This is an amazing place,isn't it?

Did you also check out the Century Dome theaters next door, which also featured in the book? Apparently they've been torn down now, but they were pretty cool. (I saw one of the Star Wars "Special Edition" films in one of 'em.)

(The house also figures in Tim Powers's Earthquake Weather, another excellent read.)

We've been to both Winchester House and Hearst Castle, both very interesting and beautiful, both very different. The Winchester house is a very large Victorian house with stairs that lead to the ceiling and doorways that open to other rooms or walls. There were some great aspects about the widow and how she put in special irrigation systems into the green rooms to recycle water and other such things that were way before her time.

She had Tiffany glass windows that were spectacular. She had a whole room of them. And it was fun to see how many times the #13 was hidden in the house. One window was a spiderweb and it had 13 something, I don't recall, I think squares?

Hearst castle was very rich with the 2 pools being the best features in my opinion. There is a dining hall with flags, and he bought so many artifacts from the war because Europe was having hard times and he got many items at a bargin. He built entire rooms around these artifacts, like an ornate ceiling, and a different room with a giant fireplace, so big a man can stand up underneath it.

I recognized a few similarities between the story of the Winchester house, such as the fortune teller who told her she would live as long as the house was being built. One of the last scenes where the "writing psychic" was running around upstairs looked a lot like part of the Winchester house because of the small spaces and beadboard walls.

If you ever get a chance, both are well worth a visit.