Every fall, Providence's Roger Williams Park Zoo transforms into a captivating world of carved pumpkins known as the Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular. The zoo's Wetlands Trail turns into the illuminated ...

A far cry from the grinning pumpkins of Halloween today, the original folklore version of Jack-o-Lanterns, named for Jack O’Lantern of the Irish myth, were actually quite terrifying. They were ...

The term jack-o’-lantern was first applied to people, not pumpkins. As far back as 1663, the term meant a man with a lantern or a night watchman. Just a decade or so later, it began to be used ...

It's also home to the Great Jack 'O Lantern Blaze, one of the largest pumpkin sculpture displays in the country— and one of the Lower Hudson Valley's best Halloween attractions. Tickets for the ...

Walk through thousands of hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns at Jack O’ Lantern World! The popular pumpkin attraction is returning to Lake Zurich this month to kick off spooky season. As dusk turns to ...

MANY OF US, MYSELF INCLUDED, TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED, BUT WITH ALMOST 170, LOUISVILLE IS A CITY OF PARKS, AND WHEN YOU ATTEND THIS YEAR’S JACK O LANTERN SPECTACULAR, YOU WILL HELP THEM THRIVE.

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Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns sells out every year, making it one of the hottest Halloween events around town. Under the flickering lights of more than 1,000 hand-carved jack-o’-lanterns, families ...

Pumpkins are now one of the most recognizable symbols of Halloween, but they weren’t used as jack-o’-lanterns until the mid-19th century. How did pumpkins go from being an ordinary squash to a ...