I spent time in three of America's most popular Bavarian-inspired towns: Frankenmuth, Michigan; Helen, Georgia; and Leavenworth, Washington. Each offered a fun chance to stroll an alpine village ...

Leavenworth, Washington, is America's Bavarian Village, because they decided to be. When you go visit, make sure to stop in ...

Without any state or federal help, they began taking out loans and remodeling the downtown in the style of a Bavarian village. More than half a century later, the result brings tourists from near ...

It could be a sunny afternoon in any Bavarian village, but the mountains in the background are not the Alps; they are the Cascades. And Baumann, a former German language teacher, has never ...

Retirement is a golden opportunity to settle down in a place that offers both comfort and a touch of exotic charm, hopefully ...

Without any state or federal help, they began taking out loans and remodeling the downtown in the style of a Bavarian village.More than half a century later, the result brings tourists from near ...