Six Top Destinations for Halloween from the World Record Academy

October 28, 2026
World’s First Dracula Theme Park, The Bran Castle sets world record

Bran, Brasov County, Romania--The Bran Castle, Romania’s most popular museum, a genuinely stunning castle, built by Saxons in 1377, commonly known outside Transylvania as Dracula's Castle, has a museum dedicated to displaying art and furniture collected by Queen Marie, a small open-air museum exhibiting traditional Romanian peasant structures, fountain of wishes, a haunted house, a medieval torture room, an immersive time travel tunnel, the Ancient Customs House Museum, an English Park with two ponds and a Tea House with a restaurant with Count Dracula's favorite menu; surrounded by hiking trails, climbing walls for kinds and dozens of mini shops with souvenirs and local products, the castle sets the world record for being the World’s First Dracula's Castle Theme Park, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World’s First Dracula Theme Park - The Bran Castle

World's First Merry Cemetery, The Merry Cemetery in Săpânța, Romania


Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania--The Merry Cemetery, a cemetery in the village of Săpânța, Maramureș County, Romania, is famous for its brightly colored tombstones with naïve paintings describing, in an original and poetic manner, the people who are buried there in addition to scenes from their lives; Stan Ioan Pătraș, a local artist carved the first epitaph back in 1935; the cemetery sets the world record for being the World's First Merry Cemetery, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World's First Merry Cemetery, The Merry Cemetery
World’s First Horror Studies Center, world record in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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World’s First Horror Studies Center, world record in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States--The Horror Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh, founded by Dr. Adam Lowenstein, professor of English and Film and Media Studies, serves as a hub for scholarship, student research, community engagement, building upon the university's extensive Horror Studies Collection; it sets the world record as the World’s First Horror Studies Center, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World’s First Horror Studies Center

World's First Flavor Graveyard, world record in Waterbury, Vermont


Waterbury, Vermont, United States--Located in Waterbury, Vermont, Ben & Jerry’s Flavor Graveyard is a whimsical ‘resting place’ for all discontinued flavors of Ben & Jerry's ice cream, which include fan favorites like Turtle Soup, Fossil Fuel, and of course, Wavy Gravy; the Flavor Graveyard sets the world record for being the World's First Flavor Graveyard, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World's First Flavor Graveyard

World's First Upside Down House Theme Park, world record in Sibiu County, Romania


Avrig, Sibiu County, Romania-- Inside the Brambura Park, the newest attraction in Sibiu County, Romania, in addition to the Upside Down House, the main attraction, visitors will find playgrounds, a restaurant with a terrace, a small zoo with Alpacas, dwarf deer and bunnies in an enchanted forest and an area with inflatable slides and huge trampolines; the park, which covers an area of ​​6 hectares, sets the world record for being the World's First Upside Down House Theme Park, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World's First Upside Down House Theme Park

World's Longest walk-through horror attraction, world record in Monroe, New York


Monroe, New York, United States--Pure Terror Scream Park is located in the heart of the Hudson Valley, just 40 miles from New York City; open select dates in September, October and November for the Halloween season, Pure Terror Scream Park has 13 HUGE haunted attractions at one location, setting the world record for the World's Longest walk-through horror attraction, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

World's Longest walk-through horror attraction