Salem is to Halloween what Whoville is to Christmas. Thankfully, only one of these places is fictional. Every October, visitors flood the Massachusetts town for what its tourism board calls "Haunted Happenings."
Between car shows, craft fairs, pet costume competitions, radio station car giveaways and multiple theater productions, it may be difficult to decide on just what to do.
Thankfully, we have an idea...]]>
Nothing says fall like ridiculous harvest festivals in small-town America. This week, we'll be mapping the best.
This one may be a bit spooky to be called a harvest festival, but it's too wild to pass up. Salem, Massachusetts is of course famous for its 17th-century witch trials, lampooned in more modern times by everyone from Arthur Miller to The Simpsons. But in one of history's greatest transformations of lemons to lemonade, Salem is now a town for witches, and its Festival of the Dead is the best time to practice the dark arts in New England]]>