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Friends in Halloween costumes celebrate together outdoors with drinks and decorations at a festive vineyard gathering.

Looking for a simple, classic Halloween costume you can create at home with relatively little effort? Look no further. From pop culture to funny and punny costumes, these 50 DIY Halloween costume ideas are perfect for kids and adults.

The famous Slavic witch's connection to mortars and pestles has a grim backstory. Here's why Baba Yaga is often depicted traveling in a mortar.

Halloween carnival in Derry, Northern Ireland

From supposed haunted houses to witchy history, you’ll scratch that scary itch with these seven spots including Salem, Edinburgh, and more.

While Picasso had one of the longest careers in modern art, four of his priciest paintings come from a single year.

If you can get a perfect score on this monsters trivia quiz, you can consider yourself a classic horror expert.

Choosing the perfect name means balancing long-standing staples with rising trends. Is your top pick on the 2026 hitlist?

Discover the top baby names of 2026 based on new data. From perpetual favorites to vintage comebacks like Dean, see which names made the cut.

Kids growing up in the 2020s might not recognize many of these items.

From "The Shining" to "The Shawshank Redemption," these are the Stephen King adaptions that are ranked most highly on Rotten Tomatoes.

Pablo Picasso’s 1901 self-portrait captures the cool color palette and tone that defined his Blue Period.

Before Pablo Picasso’s Blue Period defined art history, a heartbreaking personal tragedy in Paris changed the young painter's life and work forever.

Welcome to Kennections, a quiz created by ‘Jeopardy!’ host and champion Ken Jennings.

Sylvia Plath suspected the spirit she and Ted Hughes talked to was their own subconscious, but she kept asking it questions anyway.

Pedestrians cross a street in San Francisco, which topped Walk Score's ranking of the most walkable cities in North America.

Wondering if you can ditch your car? A new ranking from Walk Score reveals the most (and least) walkable cities across the United States and Canada.

Take a close look at this autumn feast: a few haunting guests are mingling among the whipped cream and pumpkin pie.

Test your visual skills with illustrator Gergely Dudás’s cozy autumn puzzle! Can you spot the three tiny ghosts hidden among these pumpkin spice lattes?

Guess all 25 missing words and complete these titles before time runs out!

Map showing the spookiest cities in every U.S. state

Learn about the most haunted city in your state, plus the top 10 spookiest cities and top 10 spookiest states in America.

Could these spooky Halloween love traditions predict your future spouse?

Ivan Bilibin’s 1900 illustration of Baba Yaga riding in her mortar for the fairy tale 'Vasilisa the Beautiful.'

Learn the fascinating origin behind Baba Yaga's chicken-legged hut, its connection to Slavic death rituals, and the folklore behind her strange forest home.