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See Ice and Pumpkin Carving at the Jack O’Lantern Journey at the Franklin Park Zoo (4 stars)
The Jack O'Lantern Journey at the Franklin Park Zoo is a non-scary pathway with thousands of carved pumpkins and dioramas, and oth
Halloween Continues One More Week Into November
It's not too late to see Halloween attractions! Many of them carry past Halloween into the first weekend of November. (And don't g
Meet Animals and Pick Your Own Produce at Ward’s Berry Farm (4 stars)
Ward's Berry Farm is a 200-acre family farm in Sharon, Massachusetts that grows a lot of farm-to-table produce for local restauran
Creep Through a Haunted Corn Field at Hicks Family Farm Haunted Weekends (3 stars)
Hicks Family Farm is a 5th generation farm in northwest Massachusetts that during the summer and early fall is open to the public
The Ghoullog Has Theme Park Rides and a Halloween Woods Walk at a Real Ski Resort (4.5 stars)
The Ghoullog is a haunted attraction that takes place at a ski resort! It's their 12th year, hosted at Cranmore Mountain. Unfortun
Spooky World’s Nightmare New England Adds a Hayride and Fun Park to Halloween (4 stars)
Nightmare New England is presented by Spooky World, perhaps the best known brand name in New England for Halloween scares. Spooky
Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses is the #1 Halloween Attraction in the Northeast (5 stars PLUS)
It's remarkable how many Halloween attractions find a way to call themselves #1. They're #1 in a voter poll or some journalist a l
Field of Horrors is an Entire Evening of Halloween Scares and Fun (4.5 stars)
On my Halloween season trip to eastern New York, I almost went to Nightmares at Liberty Ridge Farm, but then I learned that they h
13 Nights at Jiminy Peak Has New England’s Only Halloween Ski Lift Ride (4.5 stars)
The best Halloween attractions give you more to do than just the haunted walk. Some take place in theme parks, or on a family farm
DementedFX is #1 in New England For Halloween House Animatronics (5 stars)
Based near Springfield, DementedFX is an all-indoor attraction, making it all-weather, that has the best production value I've see
112 Halloween Attractions Near Boston This Week
You asked for it, you got it! Find 112 destinations open this week, carefully curated. It's New England's largest list of Hallowee
Interview: Halloween Clownfest at the ONCE Lounge in Somerville
Halloween Clownfest is more than a party. It's one night of evil clown insanity run by Matt Martino, who in recent years has run t
Fear on the Farm at McCray’s Farm is New England’s Longest Spooky Hay Ride (5 stars)
McCray's Farm, near Springfield, is a family farm that has daytime attractions including a farm store, a petting zoo, mini-golf, p
Field of Screams Has Spooky Hay Rides and New England’s Best Zombie Paintball (4.5 stars)
Field of Screams is a Halloween attraction at Big John Leyden's Tree Farm in Providence, Rhode Island. Like other farm attractions
The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo (4.5 stars)
Every October, Roger Williams Park hosts three Halloween-themed events. You can walk along a nighttime trail with thousands of car
The Mark Twain House and Museum in Hartford Connects You to History (5 stars)
Mark Twain, the 19th century author and humorist, lived in Hartford, Connecticut, and wrote many of his best works there, in a hom
The Harriet Beecher Stowe Center in Hartford Teaches Social Justice the Right Way (5 stars)
Harriet Beecher Stowe was the 19th century author who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, which helped spark the Civil War and free the slave
Rails to the Darkside at the Connecticut Trolley Museum is a Halloween Trolley Ride (4 stars)
The Connecticut Trolley Museum is just what it sounds like -- a museum dedicated to trolleys! They showcase dozens of old-timey tr
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire Bring Old-Time Jousting, Games, and Shows (4 stars)
Based in Lebanon, CT, the Connecticut Renaissance Faire is an old-timey festival, where you pretend to live in a medieval fantasy
The Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce is New England’s #1 Halloween Attraction (5 stars PLUS)
New England has only a few giant amusement parks. Palace Playland and Quassy Amusement Park close early in October, and Six Flags,
Evidence of Evil is the Most Theatrical Halloween Attraction in New England (4.5 stars)
Created by former managers from the Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce, which last year I called New England's #1 attraction, Evi
Haunt on Eden Brings Theatre to Its Promising First Year Halloween Attraction (4 stars)
Haunt on Eden is a brand-new Halloween attraction created in Connecticut by Jeff and Susan Donis. It's a labor of love that follow
Nautical Nightmares at Mystic Seaport Brings New England’s Lovecraft Horror to Life (4.5 stars)
Mystic Seaport is one of New England's re-enactment museums, like Plimoth Plantation and Old Sturbridge Village. It's set next to
Battle for the Airfield at the American Heritage Museum is Both a Spectacle and Military History (5 stars PLUS)
As the managing editor of Events INSIDER, it's my job to find gems of wonder in New England, and the Collings Foundation has been
Octoberfest at Winslow Farm (3.5 stars)
Winslow Farm is an animal sanctuary that rehabilitates mistreated animals. It's a good cause and from the website mainly farm anim