""The place still continues under the sway of some witching power that holds a spell over the minds of the good people, causing them to walk in a continual reverie. They are given to all kinds of marvelous beliefs, are subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air.""
""Nowadays, come fall, there couldn't be a less appropriate description of this village just 30 miles north of Manhattan on the Hudson River. On any given weekend in October, tourists line up to snap pictures with the "Welcome to Historic Sleepy Hollow" sign near my old high school. If you'd asked me when I lived there, I would've said it was a purely utilitarian marker separating Sleepy Hollow from Tarrytown, its adjacent sister village (with which it shares a zip code, school district, and plenty of history).""
Historic towns with Halloween reputations, including Sleepy Hollow, St. Helens, and Salem, attract huge seasonal visitor surges that reshape routine life. Sleepy Hollow’s landmarks — the Old Dutch Church, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, and the tunnel of sycamore trees — contribute to an atmosphere tied to Washington Irving’s Legend of the Headless Horseman. Tens of thousands of visitors flock to photo spots and iconic signs on October weekends, turning quiet villages into crowded destinations. The influx stretches local infrastructure, reframes ordinary markers as tourist attractions, and shifts community rhythms away from the towns’ usual calm.
Read at Architectural Digest
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