Happy Halloween! Oct 31, 2024

Happy Halloween!

Do you sometimes get spooked? If you do, that means you have a healthy sense of fun and fear. And what better day of the year than Halloween to indulge in all things scary? The holiday we know today traces its roots to ancient traditions, including the Celts" Samhain, the Romans" Feralia, and medieval Christian observances. Today, costumed people mingle in the streets, not unlike their ancestors who donned animal skins to divine the future or celebrate saints and martyrs.

© scaliger/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 31, 2018Shhh, the movie is about to start
Oct 31, 2019Protect your neck
Oct 31, 2020Twas a night just like tonight
Oct 31, 2021Happy Halloween!
Oct 31, 2022Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
Oct 31, 2023Halloween
Oct 31, 2025Happy Halloween!

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Aug 29, 2018A spectacle unlike any other
Jan 26, 2025European beech forest, Belgium
Jun 15, 2022Nature Photography Day
Feb 6, 2023Fiordland National Park, New Zealand
Jan 18, 2024Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
Sep 20, 2024Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
Feb 11, 2025Yungang Grottoes, Shanxi, China
Sep 17, 2025A young bull moose in Denali National Park, Alaska
Mar 3, 2021Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
Jan 18, 2020Sands of time
Oct 2, 2024Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
Nov 13, 2023Serra de Tramuntana, Majorca, Spain
May 25, 2023Saksun, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Mar 24, 2024Silvereyes in South Korea
Mar 25, 2025Tolkien Reading Day
Sep 17, 2020Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
Mar 15, 2025Ides of March
May 14, 2023Happy Mothers Day!
Jul 17, 2025Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
Nov 18, 2018An inland ocean
Feb 23, 2019A view from the top
Jun 5, 2024World Environment Day
Feb 12, 2023Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
Feb 16, 2018Dragon dance performed in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China
Nov 24, 2021Chocolate Hills
Apr 4, 2020In the path of the pronghorn
Aug 8, 2019Spot on for International Cat Day
Feb 26, 2021Lighting the way to new beginnings
Apr 7, 2022Málaga, Spain
May 28, 2019Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?