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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George C. Marshall portrait

Migration route of the Hatfield family, from New Haven, CT to Waukegan, IL in 300 years. (Click image to enlarge)

Paradise town limits sign with lettering peeled by heat

Wagon trains headed west on the Santa Fe Trail in the years before the railroad came.