Halloween has come and gone, but the pumpkin you bought to celebrate the holiday likely has not. There’s plenty that can be done to recycle Halloween pumpkins and jack-o'-lanterns if the idea of ...

For many of us, carving pumpkins is an essential Halloween tradition we engage in every year. But have you ever wondered how this custom started? The Halloween we celebrate today traces all the way ...

This week we reveal sweet surprises with jack o lantern pumpkins and other Halloween stuff! 🎃 Each pumpkin holds secrets, ...

For many, Halloween isn’t complete without jack-o’-lanterns. Although the tradition of carving pumpkins has been around for centuries, it wasn’t always pumpkins that were being carved. The carving's ...

Let’s be real: Pumpkin-carving can be tear-inducing. Sure, it’s all in the name of good fun, but when kids dive in and just can’t seem to pull off the great artistic vision they have in their heads, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — With glowing eyes and a crooked smile, jack-o-lanterns crop up every Halloween, but where did the tradition come from? "Pumpkins derive from an old folktale that's found in hundreds of ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. What’s more classic than carving a ...

Eerie time lapse, our fun Halloween video of growing wild grasses and radishes in a Jack-o-lantern through 26 days of terror.

Jack's Pumpkin Glow is a traveling Halloween display that features 5,000 pumpkins, all expertly carved and lit, along a half-mile trail outdoors. This immersive art installation features individual ...