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Halloween in New England

Here's a round-up of spooky New England spots to explore at Halloween time.
The Great Pumpkin: A Guide to New England's Pumpkin Patches
You'll find golden gourds for cooking or carving in New England's pumpkin patches this fall. Pumpkin recipes from New England inns and restaurants, too.
Pumpkin Carving Gallery
Pumpkin carving photo gallery. Photos of carved jack-o-lanterns in New England.
PumpkinTown USA is Gourd Fun!
PumpkinTown USA in East Hampton, Connecticut, is one Halloween attraction that you have to see to believe, so come along on this video tour or plan a visit: They're open daily through Halloween.
Halloween Cards from New England
Send a free New England-themed Halloween email greeting to your favorite gourd or ghoul.
Halloween in Salem: A Photo Album
There's no better place in all of America to watch the spooks go by on Halloween than Salem, Massachusetts. Come along with me on this photo tour... if you dare!
Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground
Halloween season is an apropos time to visit the oldest historic attraction in Connecticut's capital city: Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground. This cemetery is the final resting place for about 6,000 souls who called Hartford home between 1640 and the early 1800s.
Haunted Graveyard is Southern New England's Largest Event
Lake Compounce amusement park in Bristol, Connecticut, is the home to Southern New England's largest Halloween attraction--the Haunted Graveyard.
How to Pick a Pumpkin
Heading to the pumpkin patch? Here are tips for picking a pumpkin. Many apply to selecting a pumpkin at the store, too.
Kim's Free Pumpkin Carving Patterns
Here is a collection of pumpkin carving patterns designed by your Guide. Print these free pumpkin carving patterns and use them to carve or paint a pumpkin this Halloween.
New Haven's Best Kept Se-Crypt
You'll see historic Colonial gravestones when you venture into the subterranean underworld of New Haven, Connecticut's Center Church for a tour of the crypt.
Pumpkin Puzzles
Take a break from work or school to play these online Halloween pumpkin puzzle games with photo images of Halloween displays in the Farmington area of Connecticut.
Spooktacular Salem
There's no American place spookier than Salem, Massachusetts, and October is a bewitching time for a visit.
TOMB at 5W!TS in Boston
What do you get when you blend a haunted house, a theme park attraction, a Hollywood movie set, a reality TV show and a traveling museum exhibit? You can find out in a somewhat unlikely place--Boston.
What is a White Pumpkin?
Orange is so yesterday. Here in New England, white pumpkins, once a novelty, are becoming increasingly common, and these intriguing white orbs are all the rage when it comes to chic autumn decorating. But what is a white pumpkin? And what can you do with a white pumpkin? Here's everything you wanted to know about cooking, carving, painting and decorating with white pumpkins.
Asylum of Horror
The name alone is enough to scare me. If you're feeling brave, head to Fall River, Massachusetts, for a visit to this haunted house that bills itself as "the next level in ultimate horror."
Behind the Screams
Visit Haunted Labyrinth Studios' Behind the Screams in Cranston, Rhode Island, for a terrifying time.
The Ben & Jerry's Halloween Experience
They're always concocting something at Ben & Jerry's in Vermont, and the famous ice cream maker's special Halloween Web site features everything from creepy crafts and ghoulish games to coloring pages for kids.
Boston Costume
With thousands of masquerade and theatrical costumes available for rent, Boston Costume has rentals that are sure to make you the hit of the party.
Dracula's Castle and The Nightmare Factory
Dracula's Castle and the Nightmare Factory are two Salem, Massachusetts, attractions that bring dead things to life!
Festival of the Dead
The Witches of Salem host a Halloween celebration featuring lectures, a psychic fair, a seance, a dinner with the dead, the Retro Zombie Ball, the Vampires' Masquerade Ball and the Official Salem Witches' Halloween Ball.
Field of Screams
Head for West Greenwich, Rhode Island, for howling hayrides through a Field of Screams and a tour of the Psycho House of Horrors.
Ghost Tours at Belcourt Castle
Belcourt Castle in Newport, Rhode Island, promises nights of Halloween fun and fright in September and October.
Ghost Tours of Newport
Join the hunt for spooks with Ghost Tours and Graveyard Walking Tours in Newport, Rhode Island, this Halloween season.
Halloween Town
Halloween Town, a benefit for the Kid's Fund at Boston Medical Center presented by iParty, promises to be the Halloween party of the year. Head to Boston's Seaport World Trade Center on October 24 and 25, 2009 for games, performances by Dan Zanes, the Monster Midway, Monsterpiece Theatre, trick or treating and interactive exhibits for toddlers to 12-year-olds.
Harvest of Horror
Be prepared to be scared as you set out aboard the horse-drawn Wagon of Fear at Charmingfare Farm in Candia, New Hampshire. It's just one of the four scary attractions you'll enjoy for one price at this farm.
Harvest of Horrors
Bruce Allen’s Harvest of Horrors in Falmouth, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod combines an original stage show with a haunted attraction.
Haunted Acres
Head to Epping, New Hampshire, to tour this scary haunted ghost town at the New England Dragway. Before you go, play Zombie Shoot-out online for your chance to win a $2 off coupon.
Haunted ConneCTicut Tours
When Halloween rolls around, ConneCTions offers several public tours of haunted places in Connecticut. This inbound tour operator also leads groups to spooky spots year-round. Book one of their haunted itineraries for your group, and you can even dine at a haunted restaurant!
Haunted Fun in the Other Salem
Each year, Timmons Bros. Productions brings Halloween haunting to Salem, New Hampshire. Watch their Web site for news about this year's attraction.
Haunted Overload
Can a New Hampshire farm be transformed into one of America's best haunted Halloween attractions while raising funds to support the New Hampshire SPCA? Visit Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire, and decide for yourself.
Keene Pumpkin Festival
The Keene Pumpkin Festival promises to be the place to be if you're a fan of glowing gourds. Help Keene set a new World Record this year!
Legend Weekend In Sleepy Hollow
In neighboring New York's Westchester County, you can spend a spooky weekend with the Headless Horseman at Historic Hudson Valley's "Legend Weekend."
New England Ghost Tours
As night falls, search for Boston spirits with New England Ghost Tours. Tours leave the Boston Common Visitor Information Center and are led by ghost hunter and storyteller Jim McCabe.
Six Flags Fright Fest
Fright Fest turns Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts, into a Halloween playground.
Spooky World
This giant Halloween theme park and haunted house is all-new and in a new location for 2009 on the banks of the Merrimack River in Litchfield, New Hampshire. Spooky World is sure to entertain and frighten you.
Trail of Terror
This is scary stuff! Head to the Trail of Terror in Wallingford, Connecticut... if you dare! Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.
The Witch's Dungeon House of Wax
The Witch's Dungeon Classic Movie Museum, now the Witch's Dungeon House of Wax, in Bristol, Connecticut, is in its 43rd season of scaring folks with wax models of movie monsters. It is open on select evenings in October. Click "Dates" on the attraction's Web site for a schedule of horror movie screening times, lectures and special events.
Witch's Woods
Nashoba Valley Ski Area in Westford, Massachusetts, is home to Witch's Woods, a haunted hayride and screampark that will bring you face-to-face with witches, werewolves, zombies and other creatures you don't get to see every day in New England.
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