The late 19th century Victorian house standing at 748 Beech Street in Kenova, in the US state of West Virginia, glows sinisterly in the dark from the fiery light of more than 3,000 hand-carved Jack-o-Lanterns every Halloween —a spectacle that some 30,000 people come to see each year.

The tradition started in 1978 with just five decorated pumpkins which the house’s current owner, Ric Griffith —the town’s former mayor— put on his porch. Each year after that, Griffith added more pumpkins to the display, until it grew from a few dozens to a few hundreds to few thousands. The pumpkins line the porch, cover the eaves and much of the roof. Long galleries and wooden shelves are put up on the front yard and along the perimeter of the property for the pumpkins carved with a variety of themes including sports, music, cartoon figures and pop-culture icons. This year’s pumpkin show had a political spin with lanterns carved in the likeness of both presidential candidates.

The Pumpkin House in 2010. Photo credit: Frank Pierson/Flickr