Have you been to this Delaware haunt? It's a top haunted attraction in the US

Looking for somewhere spooky to explore during the fall? Check out this local place deemed a top haunted attraction in the United States.

Top haunted attraction

The Haunted Attraction Association is the only official association in the haunted house industry. Each year, it names the top haunted attractions across the country based on each being recognized as a member of the Haunted Attraction Association and satisfying criteria related to the HAA’s mission, which includes protecting customers and attractions and educating industry experts and employees.

Frightland near Middletown was one of the top 50 haunted attractions picked by HAA.

Frightland opened in 1996 and continues its annual horror-filled fun from late September until early November.

A Frightland ticket grants access to all attractions across 1,800 acres, including the Horror Hayride, Haunted Barn, Idalia Manor, Fear, Ravenwood Cemetery, the Attic, Zombie Town and Zombie Prison. Sites share a common theme and relate to a backstory, details of which can be explored on the haunt’s website.

Aside from the eight attractions, the grounds also are home to a full-service carnival with rides, games and classic carnival foods.

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The rest of the top 50 haunted attractions are:

• Akron Haunted Schoolhouse and Laboratory in Akron, Ohio

• Boone Hall Fright Nights in Pleasant, South Carolina

• Creepy Hollow Haunted House in Rosharon, Texas

• Dark Hour Haunted House in Plano, Texas

• Factory of Terror in Canton, Ohio

• Fear Factory in Salt Lake City, Utah

• Fear Farm in Glendale, Arizona

• Field of Screams in Mountville, Pennsylvania

• Fiel of Scram MT in Victor, Monta

• Fright Nights @ South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach, Florida

• Fright Nights WV in Daniels, West Virginia

• Frightmare Farm Haunted Scream Park in Fulton, New York

• Ghostly Manor Haunted House in Sandusky, Ohio

• Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia

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• Haunted Hollow in Rockwood, Pennsylvania

• Haunted Hunt Club Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia

• Headless Horseman Haunted Attractions in Ulster Park, New York

• Hobbs Grove in Sanger, California

• House of Torment in Austin, Texas

• Hundred Acres Manor Haunted Attraction in Pittsburgh

• Hysterium in Fort Wayne, Indiana

• Legends of Fear in Shelton, Connecticut

• Los Angeles Haunted Hayride in Los Angeles

• Nashville Nightmare in Madison, Tennessee

• New Orleans Nightmare in Jefferson, Louisiana

• Niles Scream Park in Niles, Michigan

• Pennhurst Asylum in Spring City, Pennsylvania

• Reaper’s Revenge in Scranton, Pennsylvania

• Realm of Terror Haunted House in Round Lake Beach, Illinois

• Scaregrounds PDX in Portland, Oregon

• Shocktoberfest in Reading, Pennsylvania

• Sinister Tombs Haunted House in Eastview, Kentucky

• Spook Hollow in Marquette Heights, Illinois

• Spooky Ranch in Columbia Station, Ohio.

• Terror in the Corn in Erie, Colorado

• Terror on the Fox in Green Bay, Wisconsin

• The Castle of Chaos in Midvale, Utah

• The Dent Schoolhouse in Cincinnati

• The Devil’s Attic in Louisville, Kentucky

• The Fear, PDX in Portland, Oregon

• The Haunted Farm in Hendersonville, North Carolina

• The Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor in Long Beach, California

• 13th Floor Chicago in Schiller Park, Illinois

• 13th Floor Denver in Denver

• 13th Floor Phoenix in Phoenix

• 13th Floor San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas

• USS Nightmare in Newport, Kentucky

• Wiard’s Orchards Night Terrors in Ypsilanti, Michigan

• Woods of Terror in Greensboro, North Carolina

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