Thread: What's your #1 Halloween destination?

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If you could go anywhere for Halloween, where would it be? I think I would go to Salem, MA for their monthlong celebration. Or perhaps the catacombs beneath Paris.

Salem is awesome at Halloween, I love it. I've been wanting to go to New Orleans as well, I can't make it this year and am totally bummed.

I was told from someone who was from Salem, MA that it's no big deal. She said it's a really small area and not much to see. Has anyone been there and willing to share their experience? I would love to go but it has to be worth the time and money, ya kno?

Salem is beautiful and fun... if you enjoy history and scenery. DH and I loved both, so we very much enjoyed our trip there. We went in the winter time, and stayed at the Hawthorne Hotel and walked everywhere. We saw the tourist traps, antique and junk shops, the historical sites like the customs house where Nathaniel Hawthorne worked, the harbor, the Peabody Museum was awesome (1700 Chinese house was transported and erected inside!) and ate some fantastic seafood.

I could see being a little bored if you like to party (unless you go there during the Halloween festivites - they REALLY put on a huge event). Dh and I aren't into the huge party/uber crowds, so we were very happy to visit in the off season, plus we got to see snow.


View of Salem Harbor and the Friendship, a replica of the (I think) 1700's vessel of the same name... and the do a really cool tour onboard! This is from the Salem customs house's second story.

This is the house that the book "House of the Seven Gables" was based on... and it was owned by a woman who was apparently a very well respected and savvy businesswoman - in the 1700s.

This is the old burying point - I was told that it contains some of the oldest graves in the US.

The Peabody Museum's ship figureheads... they were amazing.

Salem, Catacombs (as Snoopy said), and Transylvania. Haven't been to any of them.

I'd love to go to Transylvania and spend Halloween there.

I would love to see those old graves in Salem. But I gotta say I'm very happy being in the Midwest on Halloween. It is the meaning of Fall here (as is the east coast as well), but I love it here. The leave already changed and most have fallen giving that creepy effect when a draft comes through and the leaves glide across the ground or swirl up into the wind. The gloomy skies, the chill in the air. The fog in the morning. Ok I'm done, I love the midwest.

Ooooh yes I'd love to go to Transylvania! That would be beyond awesome.

I would love to go to Salem, MA.

I'd love to go to Salem. I love small towns like that. I'm really thinking about moving to a small place like that. My grandmothers friend ellen has been to the Catacombs and said it wasen't anything to get excited about. She said she'll lend me her photo's to post.

Transylvaina would be neat. But with my amazing budget right now that's not really an option. I'v herd that Halloween in new haven connecticut is pretty sweet. that's where my roomie is from and he said they have a festival there every year.