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Talk about a chip shot! When you visit the Intel Museum in Santa Clara, minutes from San Jose, you'll learn all about the powerful little chip that runs the world. Explore exhibits that highlight Intel's products, history and semiconductor technology. Discover the heart of Silicon Valley and get a little wired!

Adrenaline junkies get their fix at Santa Clara Paintball in San Jose. Players run around a field playing hide and seek with sharp-shooter paint guns until everyone is knocked off but the last man standing. Two to forty players can hit the field where safety and fun go hand in hand.

Visit the oldest house in San Jose built in 1797 at the Peralta Adobe and Fallon House Historic Site in San Jose. The Peralta Adobe is San Jose's oldest address and the Fallen House is the oldest Victorian Mansion tucked away in San Jose's Pedro Square. Walk through the small two room home with an original outdoor oven.

For the spookiest attraction in the city, visit the most famous address in San Jose, the Winchester Mystery House; built by Sarah Winchester, the widow of the gun magnate William Winchester. Legend has it; the widow took 38 years to build the extravagant Victorian mansion with 160 rooms, 47 fireplaces and 950 doors with the help of spirits and nightly séances. Enter at your own risk.