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Sleepy Hollow Named 1 Of 10 Best Small Towns To Visit This Halloween

It seems like a no-brainer for the place the Headless Horseman comes from.

SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY — This probably comes as no surprise to people who know Sleepy Hollow, but it really is the place to visit for Halloween. Now the community has been recognized as one of “The 10 Best Small Towns to Visit This Halloween” by the website delish.com.

In the write up by Jessica Mattern, Sleepy Hollow has “oh-so-many ways to celebrate Halloween in the hometown of Washington Irving’s Headless Horseman legend. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

Mattern gives a call out to Van Cortlandt Manor, which is the site of the annual Great Jack-‘O-Lantern Blaze, as well as Lyndhurst Castle and Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.

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Also on the list of best small towns is Anoka, MN, which is said to be the “Halloween capital of the world.”

Perhaps, the people of Sleepy Hollow would take issue with that.

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Read the complete delish.com article here.

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