The best places for Halloween celebrations depend on what kind of fun you’re searching for: spooky and bone chilling tours or just plain pumpkin fun! Places such as New Orleans and Princeton, New Jersey is not for the faint of heart. Whereas Harbor Springs, Michigan, Delray Beach in Florida, and Snowmass Village, Colorado boast family friendly environments.
New Orleans is said to be “the most haunted city in America” and that is a pretty accurate description for this ghost-ridden city. From a creepy pharmacy museum to grisly murder scenes, New Orleans has many spooky sights to fascinate even the most hard core thrill seeker. Haunted tours are available to take tourists around to some of the more popular attractions. Meanwhile, the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood hosts a huge annual Halloween party, complete with alcoholic beverages, its own kind of “spirits”, and shopping booths.
Princeton has its own brand of fun with ghost hunting tours through a cemetery, historic neighborhoods, a battlefield and surprisingly enough, a university campus. Skeptics and believers alike are wowed by the ghost hunting equipment The Princeton Tour Company supplies. These tools include dowsing rods, electromagnetic-field meters and thermal meters that sense heat. They also teach tourists how to take “orb shots” using phone cameras. Princeton’s Terhune Orchards offer a more kid-friendly fun with corn mazes, pumpkin patches and the Barn of Legends and Lore.
Known to be a great family vacation destination, Harbor Springs throws a fun child-friendly celebration for Halloween. Every year the community hosts a large “Trunk-or-Treat” event along with a parade for kids to show off their costumes. Harbor Springs starts their gala as early as the first week of October kicking off their festivities with a glass pumpkin blowing demonstration!
At Delray Beach, kids can show off their costumes in the children’s parade and Trick-or-Treat event, all without having to fear the chilly autumn air. Kidsfest is held at Veterans Park which includes activities such as crafts, bounce-houses, live entertainment and most importantly, food. After all, what’s a Halloween party without food?
Bones are scattered around this little town. Old bones, fossilized remains of mastodon and mammoth skeletons which are displayed at the Ice Age Discovery Center. It’s said wolf howls echo off the cliffs of the Rocky Mountain. Perhaps it is the malamutes and mix-breed huskies that pull dogsled rides at Krabloonik. Now Snowmass Village certainly has it own style of a cool Halloween.
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