Images of Washington’s Bavarian Village (Below)

Leavenworth is America’s most authentic Bavarian village. Offering shopping, restaurants, bars and theaters in a magical setting at the foot of the Cascade Mountains. Leavenworth grew out of a dying logging town, transformed by two visionaries whose imagination and perseverance made their dream a reality. Read the whole story at Leavenworth, WA and the Making of a Bavarian Dream.

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The Warrior Dash confronts its participants with eight obstacles scattered over a 3.1 mile course, including 35-yards of mud pits.

Manson family cave at Spahn Ranch today

The 1993 flood

As I stood beside the pipe, the sky was filled with long ragged streaks of mysterious contrails. A couple of hundred yards away the earth was cracked like a spidered windshield.