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 ...

Just up the mountain about a one-hour drive from Munich is the lovely medieval hamlet of Garmish-Partenkirchen. Originally two towns that joined together in 1935, this Bavarian ski resort town is ...

Ever dreamed of spending the holidays in a snow-dusted German village, but didn’t want to deal with international flights and ...

When you visit Leavenworth, a picturesque mountain town nestled on the rugged shoulders of the Stuart Range in central Washington, it seems that most of the names you see around town have “icicle” in ...

Is there anything cozier during the holidays than the thought of a snowy Swiss chalet, a cottage in England’s Cotswolds or a festive Austrian village? Unbeknown to most, you can enjoy that European ...

A thick winter fog moved down the steep mountains through the bare gray branches of laurel oaks and sycamore trees and into the valley, hovering over the rushing Chattahoochee River and the small town ...

Nestled in Washington's Cascade Mountains, Leavenworth is an enchanting, Bavarian-style village that's hard to believe exists – let alone thrives as the Christmas capital of the Pacific Northwest.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year for Leavenworth! Locals deck the village out in strings of lights. (Credit: Sandra Trummer) I came to Leavenworth for the first time in the summer of 1975. I ...

MARKTL AM INN, Germany — First the journalists descended. They arrived with cameras and notebooks in this tiny Bavarian village that glowed in the spotlight pointed on a native son who only hours ...