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9 Places in Vermont to Go Before You Die—or After

Death finds us all, whether you’re a jilted lover, an ice cream flavor, or a mythological deer-boar.
List

These 11 Puppet Palaces Around the World Will Thrill and Terrify You

Humanoid figurines can range from charmingly whimsical to spine-tinglingly creepy.
Diana Hubbell October 11, 2021
Two siblings—Aiko and her brother Isamu—pose in their masks in the yard of their family home on Los Feliz Boulevard near Griffith Park, where their parents ran a flower nursery. This photo, taken in 1925, was collected as part of Shades of L.A., an outreach program the library conducted in the 1990s to diversify its photo collection.
libraries

Explore a Century of Halloween in L.A. Through Vintage Photographs

An eerie/fun glimpse into the Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection.
April White October 8, 2021
List

Visiting 10 of Our Favorite Spooky Local Legends

The best kind of lore is the kind right under your nose.
Jonathan Carey October 8, 2021
Vintage advertisements prominently featured Mr. Spudnut.
food

Resurrecting the Spudnut, America's Forgotten Treat

Bake the recipe remnant of a potato doughnut empire that once stretched from the United States to Japan.
Diana Hubbell October 7, 2021
"People who come in the daytime say, 'I bet it's scary here at night,'" says Edwards. She offers Halloween tours of the eerie property.
horror

This Halloween, Step Into a Mannequin Graveyard

You can even take these unnerving, almost-human figures home with you.
Hannah Steinkopf-Frank October 5, 2021
The mountain of mannquins.
Fulbeck, England

Mannakin Hall

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.
Pustulus Maximus and Balsac the Jaws of Death of GWAR performing in October 2019 in San Francisco.
art

The Artist Collective That Brings Heavy Metal Fever Dreams to Life

For nearly 40 years, a rotating cast of artists has made costumes and props for GWAR—the band behind one of the world’s wildest stage shows.
Eric J. Wallace October 1, 2021
Four children in their Halloween costumes gathered around a jack-o-lantern in the 1960s.
halloween

Welcome to Atlas Obscura's Fright Club!

We love the month of October, so we're giving you 31 days of stories that will get you in the Halloween spirit.
Samir S. Patel October 1, 2021
Video

In Naples, Praying With Skulls Is an Ancient Tradition

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food

Scottish Singles Used to Spend Halloween Picking Kale

The leafy green once foretold the future.
Mark Hay October 23, 2019
Halloween House
South Pasadena, California

'Halloween' House • The Century House

The famous blue house from the classic horror film "Halloween" is now a local landmark.
Brooklyn, New York

Kane Street Impaled Pumpkins

For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
A pile of winsome soul cakes.
medieval

The British Bake Off That's Resurrecting a Forgotten Medieval Cake

Competitors are baking soul cakes, a bygone Halloween treat.
Abbey Perreault December 10, 2018
The melancholy beauty of the aging pumpkin.
halloween

Show Us Your Sad, Sagging Halloween Pumpkins

November jack-o'-lanterns deserve love, too.
Eric Grundhauser October 31, 2018
video

In Sleepy Hollow, Life Imitates Legend

How a New York town made its fictional identity a reality.
Jessica Leigh Hester October 30, 2018
A succesful dumb supper in action.
food

When ‘Dumb Suppers’ Were a Halloween Love Ritual

To see into the future, young women held mystical meals.
Anne Ewbank October 30, 2018
Houdini's Grave.
gravestones

4 Grave Secrets From New York's Past

In the spirit of Halloween, consider a tour of graveyards, memorials, and other places in touch with the afterlife.
Sarah Laskow October 30, 2018