I recently traveled to three American towns that try to recreate the alpine style of Bavaria. Frankenmuth, Michigan, and Helen, Georgia, had some beautiful architecture and views. I've visited Germany ...

If you want to take a stroll through a quaint German town, you might assume that you'd have to book a flight to Europe. While Germany has plenty of historic towns and villages that are definitely ...

On a quiet Monday in the Bavarian Forest, I wandered through a deserted village, where the air smelled old as time and the straw beds still seemed to wait for their long-gone inhabitants. The ...

LEAVENWORTH, Wash. – Robert Baumann is sitting on a porch, wearing lederhosen and an Alpine hat. Majestic mountains contrast with the deep blue sky behind him. He is talking about the fall of the ...

In German Village, I follow herringbone patterned brick sidewalks paralleling cobblestone streets as they wind their way past homes dating as far back as 1814, their meticulously kept yards accented ...