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Halloween spooktacular: Top 10 scariest haunted houses in Houston

Halloween is near: Check out the top 10 haunted houses in Houston.

Halloween is still several weeks away, leaving plenty of time to plan your parties and figure out your costumes. But that doesn't mean you can't start celebrating. The Bayou City's haunted houses are roaring to go, and ready to scare the daylights out of all who enter. We asked Houstonians to list the creepiest abodes around town. Below are two of the top 10 scariest haunted houses in H-Town, according to the city's residents.

Creepy Hollow Haunted House
Creepy Hollow tops the list, receiving the most votes by a landslide. The overwhelming favorite, named the scariest haunt in Texas, is reportedly so frightening that some adults don't make it all the way through. "You really feet like you got your money's worth," said one ABC13 viewer. Creepy Hollow is open Thursday through Friday from 7 pm - 12 am and Sunday from 7-10 pm, now through November 4. Tickets: $30 per person. Go big and pay an extra $10 per person to skip to the front of the line.
12872 Valley Vista Dr., Rosharon

Fearshire Farms
You may have seen Fearshire Farms on the Travel Channel's "Halloween's Craziest" series. Allegedly haunted (for real), the 1900s farm house is situated in a corn field (cue the spooky music) and the grounds include a family cemetery. Fearshire Farms is open various days and times, including September 29 and 30, as well as several dates in October. Click here for the full schedule. Tickets: $20-$30 per person. Active military, police, fire and EMS members receive free admission.
1100 S Walker St., Angleton

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H-Town rising

Houston leaps back into top 50 'World's Best Cities' list for 2025

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Houston made a big leap back into the top 50, ranking No. 40, after previously plummeting into No. 72 last year.

Lively Houston has regained its rightful place among the top 50 best cities in the world, according to a prestigious new report by Resonance Consultancy.

The Canada-based real estate and tourism marketing advisors ranked Houston the 40th best city worldwide for 2025 in its annual "World's Best Cities" list.

The report quantifies the relative qualities of livability, "lovability," and prosperity for the world's top 100 cities with metropolitan populations of 1 million or more. New to the 10th anniversary edition, Resonance partnered with global market researchers Ipsos to include perception-based data into the rankings, surveying over 22,000 people in 30 countries worldwide to determine "the most desirable places to visit, live or work."

Houston made a major rebound after plummeting to No. 73 in last year's report. In 2022, Houston ranked No. 42.

Resonance refers to its previous "World's Best Cities" reports and its 2024 "America's Best Cities" list – which ranked Houston in the top 10 – when explaining the Bayou City's successes. The report praised Houston's vast cultural diversity and placed a great focus on its economic prosperity, even going so far as to suggest Houston residents make more money "and can sock more away."

"...[W]here America’s fourth-largest city truly takes off is in its economic heft and wealth, ranking No. 9 globally for GDP per Capita and No. 14 for Fortune 500 companies in town," the report said. "All that rolls up into an overall Prosperity index ranking of No. 36, which is even more impressive given the No. 14-ranked Price-to Income Ratio [of the city]."

Elsewhere in Texas, Austin and Dallas also earned spots on the World's Best Cities list for 2025, but only one made a similar rebound from the previous year's rankings. Dallas moved up from No. 66 in last year's report to its current rank as No. 55. Meanwhile, Austin took its first tumble out of the 43rd spot (which it had occupied for two years straight) and now ranks No. 53.

London held onto its crown as the No. 1 best city in the world for 2025, followed by New York (No. 2), Paris (No. 3), Tokyo (No. 4), and Singapore (No. 5).