What’s not to love about Halloween? From the costumes to the candy, to haunted houses, corn mazes, pumpkin carving and hay rides, there is something for everyone. This coveted holiday is anticipated by both the old and the young at heart, and Wisconsin does it right, whether you prefer a day of family fun on the farm or a night of heart-pounding fear.

Some people like haunted houses. Others relish an exploration into uncharted areas of the brain’s most inexplicable fears. If that’s more your speed, add these hair-raising haunts to your October bucket list.

Just passing through or seeking thrills, here’s the map explained:

With cooler weather gusting through Wisconsin, the spooky season is approaching. For many, this means trick-or-treating, but for others it means getting scared by zombies.

“We do everything possible to make the haunted house feel genuinely unique,” said Jacob Eugster, founder of Screamin’ Acres Haunted Houses Inc. and a UW-Madison business student.

One of Wisconsin’s biggest tourism areas around the Porte des Morts strait is better known by another name: Death’s Door. Exact lore varies, but the treacherous waters of the Door Peninsula claimed 24 sailing vessels between 1837-1914. Surrounding islands, shoals and bays took 40 others between the 1830s and 1940s. Shipwrecks prompted the construction of Sturgeon Bay’s canal in 1881, giving rise to the county’s famous lighthouses, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Maritime Preservation Program.

Outside of leaves changing, Milwaukee will see vibrant color this October during Day of the Dead celebrations.

At Shaker’s Cigar Bar in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point neighborhood, your Death in the Afternoon absinthe cocktail may not be the only spirit at your side.

America’s Dairyland is full of urban legends and fascinating folklore. Consider these haunted tales from around the state:

In the late 1800s, the college town of Whitewater in southern Wisconsin was known as the Second Salem.

What has green fur, the head of a frog, the face of an elephant, stubby legs and jagged spikes along its backside? Wisconsin’s infamous, 200-pound monster, the hodag.

Devil’s Lake in Sauk County is the center of three Wisconsin legends, including the story of Thunder Bird.