New York has a flourishing bicycling community. Hundreds of cyclists aim to ensure safe pedalling by attending the somewhat eccentric Blessing of the Bicycles ceremony, held at the Cathedral…

The Redneck Games first appeared as a sideshow to the Atlanta Olympics in 1996. The folk of East Dublin have since warmly embraced their "traditional" cultural heritage and flocked to the…

Every year the Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena invites children to celebrate Halloween with its two-day Pumpkin Festival. The event includes costume parades, performances, rides, games…

Founded in 1946, Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana is America's oldest themed amusement park. It has four zones for adults (Christmas, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Fourth of July) as well…

Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern is an ambitiously terrifying Halloween experience, based around the story of the Grimsby family, owners of the local slaughterhouse. Visitors are left to explore and…

The Denver Botanic Gardens hosts the annual Pumpkin Festival at Chatfield Nature Preserve. A five-acre patch offers thousands of pumpkins for Halloween carving, while the park is filled with…

Dickerson Park Zoo's annual Halloween Spooktacular is an event for children as young as one. For a seasonal scare (all in good fun), then head down after the zoo is closed for this enjoyable…

What started as a modest vegetable exhibition in 1903 now has more than 300,000 people gawping at 'punkins' grown to monstrous proportions at the Circleville Pumpkin Show in Ohio. There is a…

Held to commemorate a lady who died young, the macabre Emma Crawford Festival in Manitou Springs consists of a series of ghoulish goings-on. Highlights include decorated coffin races, displays…

For two weekends at Halloween, the Hudson Valley area lives up to its legacy as the mysterious region where the Headless Horseman rides...

The annual Boo at the Zoo is a safe and fun way for children and families to enjoy this creepy holiday. Take part in trick-or-treating with the animals, meet bats and spiders, collect sweets…

The World's Largest Halloween Party at Louisville Zoo is a not-too-scary event for families. Watch out for the giant talking pumpkin, Mumpkin and ride the Halloween Express Train, chased by…

If you want to be scared witless at Halloween, don't hesitate to take a trip round Discovery Museum, Bridgeport Connecticut's Nightmare Fair. This year the theme is "The Rocky Horror Picture…

The Playground For All Children at Flushing Meadow's Corona Park hosts the annual Shocktoberfest, featuring costume and dance contests, arts and crafts and many other spooky Halloween favourites.

Billed as the most outrageous Halloween event in the world, the Village Halloween Parade is one of New York's most colourful parties. Towering papier-mâché puppets are a regular feature, as…

Shamu's Halloween Spooktacular promises even more fun than usual at SeaWorld. Along with the killer whale shows, close-ups with dolphins and sharks and screamingly-good rollercoasters, there's…

Anaheim marks the spooky season with the Anaheim Fall Festival and Halloween Parade down Harbor Boulevard. It starts with a pancake breakfast at Pearson Park; then the art contest winners are…

Scare yourself silly with Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. Evil cackles and spine-tingling screams ring through the night as Hollywood's scariest film characters…

The annual Fetish and Fantasy Halloween Ball, at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas, sees lovers of unusual clothing celebrating their very own Halloween spectacle. Costumes range from naughty…

The Pumpkin Festival is the American North-East's very own homage to Halloween. Head to a number of cities every October to spend time carving jack-o'-lanterns, then watch as the candles are…