Published October 20-October 26, 2024

Downtown Madison as seen across Lake Mendota from Governor Nelson State Park, October 25, 2005 in Dane County, Wisconsin.

Fall day at the UW-Madison Memorial Union, October 19, 2022, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Foggy weather over the West Beltline, October 22, 2012, in Madison, Wisconsin.

Watching the sun set over Lake Mendota from Warner Park Beach, October 22, 2015, in Madison, Wisconsin.

The first night of Madison’s annual Halloween party was held October, 28, 2005, on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin. In 2006 the city created Freakfest as a ticketed event in the hopes it would control the Halloween crowds. It was discontinued in 2020.

Fall snowstorm at Paul Bunyan’s Cook Shanty on Hwy 51 North, October 13, 2006 in Minocqua, Wisconsin.

Migrating geese fly over Interstate 41 near Little Chute, October 19, in Outagamie County, Wisconsin.