The Minnesota Zoo puts on a wonderful fall event during October. Their Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular hosts over 5,000 beautifully carved pumpkins displaying images through out different time periods, historical events, and things that happened throughout the year. They also play sounds or music from those time periods. I would recommend it to even those of you who may not be a huge fan of Halloween. It may be a bunch of carved pumpkins, but there is noting scary, spooky, creepy, or unnerving about this event! Words cannot describe how fun and surprisingly enchanting this event is! It also is kid friendly and perfect for a family outing. You do have to…