[See: The 7 Best Places to Be on Halloween.] St. Louis From Boo at the Zoo to the Fabulous Fox Theater, the Gateway City has plenty of Halloween festivities for all ages. The Saint Louis Zoo hosts ...

The daylong festival takes places on Oct. 24 and features ... consider taking a 45-minute drive to St. Helens, Oregon, which boasts haunted rides, scarecrow contests, pumpkin patches and more ...