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Halloween in Minneapolis and St. Paul

By Clara James, About.com

A guide to Halloween activities and events in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Halloween family fun, trick-or-treating, haunted houses, scary fun, and where to shop for costumes, make-up and Halloween supplies.

Children's Halloween Activities

A guide to family-friendly and child-friendly halloween activities, parties, events, and trick-or-treating opportunities.

Haunted Houses

A list of scary haunted houses for older children and adults.

Pumpkin Patches

Farms where you can pick your own Halloween pumpkin. Many offer extra family entertainment such as hayrides, petting zoos and live music.

Halloween Costumes: Twin Cities Magic and Costume Co.

There are thousands and thousands of costumes from basic to extreme at downtown St. Paul's Twin Cities Magic and Costume Co. store. Complete children and adult costumes are available to rent or buy, and there's also wigs, make-up, shoes, fake blood, jewelry, masks, and Halloween decorating supplies for sale.

Halloween Costumes: Vintage Clothing Stores

If you want to dress as a disco diva, teddy boy or 1950s bombshell, get the genuine threads for your costume at these Twin Cities vintage clothing stores.

More Halloween Costumes and Supplies: Halloween Stores

Where to buy Halloween costumes, supplies for making costumes, party decor and supplies, accessories, makeup and wigs in the Twin Cities.

Halloween Parties for Over 21s

For adults, here's where you can take your costume for Halloween parties.

Haunted Places in Minneapolis and St. Paul

Real ghosts are supposed to inhabit the Twin Cities. What homes and buildings are allegedly haunted? Check out this list of real haunted houses - and caves.

Day of the Dead - Dia de los Muertos

Dia de los Muertos, the Mexican Day of the Dead, is celebrated on November 1 and 2. While the origins of Dia de los Muertos are independent to Halloween, and the focus of the two festivals is rather different, celebrations of the two do merge somewhat. Here's where to find Dia de los Muertos celebrations in Minneapolis and St. Paul.

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