St. Helens, OR
If you’re a fan of the movie “Halloweentown,” you may recognize this town in Oregon. It’s small and just 30 miles north of Portland. St. Helens was completely modified into a mega-Halloween town for scenes in the 1998 movie, and if you’re a “Twilight” fan, you can check out Bella’s house as well.
Visit on Halloween to enjoy haunted houses and a costume parade at the Spirit of Halloweentown Festival, in addition to a big pumpkin lighting ceremony, monster fun run, and haunted hearse and car show. They also celebrate all that makes Halloween one of our favorite times of the year.
The courthouse plaza is home to the giant pumpkin, and they light the pumpkin on the first Saturday of October, and it stays lit for the whole month!
