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The heat waves rolling across the country have us dreaming of the colorful leaves and crisp temperatures of autumn. In anticipation of the season, 10Best set out to find the best fall destinations, attractions and experiences. We asked our readers to vote for their favorites, and the results are in. As an extra perk, these places make it easy to social distance.
Best Apple Orchard: Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards in LaFayette, New York
This family-owned orchard has been growing apples since onion farmer George Skiff and dairy farmer Andrew Beak joined forces in 1911 to plant apples on a hillside along Rte. 20. The rest, as they say, is history. Gala, McIntosh, Ginger Gold and Paula Red are just a few of the varieties offered from late August through late October.
Live music events, Cider Fests, Orchard Runs and a Kids' Magic Show add entertainment to the apple picking.
The first apple orchard in the U.S. was planted in 1625 near Boston's Beacon Hill. Today, more than 7,500 growers are producing apples in all 50 states (according to the U.S. Apple Association). That's 240 million bushels of apples each year. Since each individual apple must be hand-picked during the autumn harvest season, many orchards open their gates for visitors to come and pick their own, often with added autumn entertainment.
The top 10 in the category Best Apple Orchards are as follows:
Best Corn Maze: Cherry Crest Adventure Farm in Ronks, Pennsylvania
The 2020 corn maze at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm celebrates the farm’s 25th season with the theme "Growing Fun for 25 Years." The interactive 5-acre maze includes 2.5 miles of paths; guests navigate with the help of a game board and clues from the Maze Masters.
Each autumn farms across the United States transform their corn fields into interactive mazes, perfect for a fall family outing. There are more than 500 of these mazes across the nation, but our readers have voted these 10 as the best, both for the quality of the maze itself and for the wealth of other activities on offer.
The top 10 in the category Best Corn Mazes are as follows:
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm - Ronks, Penn.
Best Destination for Fall Foliage: Upper Peninsula, Michigan
Just about the entire Upper Peninsula puts on a display of fall color that peaks during the last two weeks of September and the first week of October. A favorite fall experience for leaf peepers is the drive along M-26 along the shores of Lake Roland and past the trees of Copper Country State Forest.
As summer winds to a close, temperatures will begin to drop as Mother Nature gears up for her annual spectacle of fall color. 'Tis the season for leaf-peeping.
The top 10 in the category Best Destinations for Fall Foliage are as follows:
Best Ghost Tour: Nightly Spirits (Multiple cities)
Nightly Spirits are known for their haunted pub crawls at cities around the United States. Tour some of the most historic and haunted spots, drinks in hand, in cities like D.C., Denver, Dallas, Charleston, Houston or Boston.
Where there's history, there are often haunts. Ghost tours offer thrills and chills, but also a unique insight into the history of a destination and the famous people who've lived there (and maybe still do).
The top 10 in the category Best Ghost Tours are as follows:
Best Haunted Destination: Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada
This quirky Las Vegas museum showcases original collectibles from supposedly haunted destinations around the United States in a 1938 property that is itself believed to be haunted. Explore more than 30 rooms filled with artifacts, and keep an eye out for spirits roaming the halls.
The United States is filled with purportedly haunted locations, each with their own ghost stories and paranormal occurrences.
The top 10 in the category Best Haunted Destinations are as follows:
Best Haunted Hotel: The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado
This dramatic, massive white hotel seems to rise out of the Colorado mountains in the otherwise quaint and old-fashioned tourist town of Estes Park. A member of Historic Hotels of America, The Stanley Hotel’s haunted history stretches far back, but it became famous in the ‘70s after author Stephen King visited.
He set the scene for his best-selling book (and the subsequent movie), "The Shining," at the Stanley. Today, guests visit the hotel to see the long, spooky hallways and listen to "Redrum." The hotel organizes a special Ghost Adventure Package, complete with a room on the scary fourth floor.
Ghostly apparitions, faucets turning off and on, flickering lights, and eerie sounds are just a few of the things you may encounter at one of these hotels, where certain guests have checked in but never checked out.
The top 10 in the category Best Haunted Hotels are as follows:
The heat waves rolling across the country have us dreaming of the colorful leaves and crisp temperatures of autumn. In anticipation of the season, 10Best set out to find the best fall destinations, attractions and experiences. We asked our readers to vote for their favorites, and the results are in. As an extra perk, these places make it easy to social distance.
This family-owned orchard has been growing apples since onion farmer George Skiff and dairy farmer Andrew Beak joined forces in 1911 to plant apples on a hillside along Rte. 20. The rest, as they say, is history. Gala, McIntosh, Ginger Gold and Paula Red are just a few of the varieties offered from late August through late October.
Live music events, Cider Fests, Orchard Runs and a Kids' Magic Show add entertainment to the apple picking.
The first apple orchard in the U.S. was planted in 1625 near Boston's Beacon Hill. Today, more than 7,500 growers are producing apples in all 50 states (according to the U.S. Apple Association). That's 240 million bushels of apples each year. Since each individual apple must be hand-picked during the autumn harvest season, many orchards open their gates for visitors to come and pick their own, often with added autumn entertainment.
The top 10 in the category Best Apple Orchards are as follows:
- Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards - LaFayette, N.Y.
- Spicer Orchards Farm Market & Winery - Fenton, Mich.
- Deal's Orchard - Jefferson, Iowa
- Libby & Son U-Picks - Limerick, Maine
- Mercier Orchards - Blue Ridge, Ga.
- Tougas Family Farm - Northborough, Mass.
- Carter Mountain Orchard - Charlottesville, Va.
- Mt View Orchards - Mount Hood, Ore.
- Solebury Orchards - New Hope, Penn.
- Weston's Antique Apples - New Berlin, Wis
The 2020 corn maze at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm celebrates the farm’s 25th season with the theme "Growing Fun for 25 Years." The interactive 5-acre maze includes 2.5 miles of paths; guests navigate with the help of a game board and clues from the Maze Masters.
Each autumn farms across the United States transform their corn fields into interactive mazes, perfect for a fall family outing. There are more than 500 of these mazes across the nation, but our readers have voted these 10 as the best, both for the quality of the maze itself and for the wealth of other activities on offer.
The top 10 in the category Best Corn Mazes are as follows:
Cherry Crest Adventure Farm - Ronks, Penn.
- Treworgy Family Orchards - Levant, Maine
- Devine's Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch - Harrodsburg, Ky.
- Exploration Acres - Lafayette, Ind.
- Great Vermont Corn Maze - Danville, Vt.
- Cornbelly's - Lehi, Utah
- Lowe Family Farmstead - Kuna, Idaho
- Denver Downs Farm - Anderson, S.C.
- Richardson Adventure Farm - Spring Grove, Ill.
- Sever's Fall Festival - Shakopee, Minn.
Just about the entire Upper Peninsula puts on a display of fall color that peaks during the last two weeks of September and the first week of October. A favorite fall experience for leaf peepers is the drive along M-26 along the shores of Lake Roland and past the trees of Copper Country State Forest.
As summer winds to a close, temperatures will begin to drop as Mother Nature gears up for her annual spectacle of fall color. 'Tis the season for leaf-peeping.
The top 10 in the category Best Destinations for Fall Foliage are as follows:
- Upper Peninsula - Michigan
- Gatlinburg - Tennessee
- Laurel Highlands - Pennsylvania
- White Mountains - New Hampshire
- Door County - Wisconsin
- Stowe - Vermont
- Ozark Mountain Region - Arkansas
- Pocono Mountains - Pennsylvania
- Finger Lakes - New York
- Asheville - North Carolina
Nightly Spirits are known for their haunted pub crawls at cities around the United States. Tour some of the most historic and haunted spots, drinks in hand, in cities like D.C., Denver, Dallas, Charleston, Houston or Boston.
Where there's history, there are often haunts. Ghost tours offer thrills and chills, but also a unique insight into the history of a destination and the famous people who've lived there (and maybe still do).
The top 10 in the category Best Ghost Tours are as follows:
- Nightly Spirits - Multiple Cities
- Sisters Grimm Ghost Tours - San Antonio
- Haunted Asheville - Asheville, N.C.
- Mysteries of Hawaii - Oahu, Hawaii
- Secrets of St Augustine Ghost Tours - Saint Augustine, Fla.
- Bar Harbor Ghost Tours - Bar Harbor, Maine
- Black Cat Tours - Salem, Mass.
- New Braunfels Ghost Tours - New Braunfels, Texas
- Boroughs of the Dead - New York
- DC by Foot Ghosts of Georgetown - Washington
This quirky Las Vegas museum showcases original collectibles from supposedly haunted destinations around the United States in a 1938 property that is itself believed to be haunted. Explore more than 30 rooms filled with artifacts, and keep an eye out for spirits roaming the halls.
The United States is filled with purportedly haunted locations, each with their own ghost stories and paranormal occurrences.
The top 10 in the category Best Haunted Destinations are as follows:
- Zak Bagans' The Haunted Museum - Las Vegas
- Yuma Territorial Prison Museum & Park - Yuma, Ariz.
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum - Weston, W.V.
- The Grove - Jefferson, Texas
- Fort East Martello Museum - Key West
- St. Augustine Lighthouse & Maritime Museum - St. Augustine, Fla.
- West Virginia Penitentiary - Moundsville, W.V.
- Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Louisville
- Winchester Mystery House - San Jose
- Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park - Mandan, N.D.
This dramatic, massive white hotel seems to rise out of the Colorado mountains in the otherwise quaint and old-fashioned tourist town of Estes Park. A member of Historic Hotels of America, The Stanley Hotel’s haunted history stretches far back, but it became famous in the ‘70s after author Stephen King visited.
He set the scene for his best-selling book (and the subsequent movie), "The Shining," at the Stanley. Today, guests visit the hotel to see the long, spooky hallways and listen to "Redrum." The hotel organizes a special Ghost Adventure Package, complete with a room on the scary fourth floor.
Ghostly apparitions, faucets turning off and on, flickering lights, and eerie sounds are just a few of the things you may encounter at one of these hotels, where certain guests have checked in but never checked out.
The top 10 in the category Best Haunted Hotels are as follows:
- The Stanley Hotel - Estes Park, Colo.
- 1886 Crescent Hotel and Spa - Eureka Springs, Ark.
- The Mizpah Hotel - Tonopah, Nev.
- Fainting Goat Island Inn - Nichols N.Y.
- The Marshall House - Savannah, Ga.
- Hotel Sorrento - Seattle
- Hotel Saranac - Saranac Lake, N.Y.
- La Fonda on the Plaza - Santa Fe
- The Myrtles Plantation - St. Francisville, La.
- Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast - Fall River, Mass.
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