Fake European Town in US
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2024
- Helen, Georgia is an American logging town turned fake Bavarian village on the Chattahoochee River in the Appalachian Mountains. Come with me and explore the town's history and the remarkable transformation from a dying sawmill town in the 1960s into one of Georgia's top tourist attractions.
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Helen, Helen Georgia, Georgia, American South, Small Towns, Germany, Bavaria, Georgia Tourism, Visit Georgia, Visit Helen, Architecture, Kitsch, Urban Renewal, Alan Jackson, Chattahoochee River, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachia, Mountain Town, Tourism, Logging, Sawmill, Chattahoochee National Forest, Nora Mill, Southern History, Georgia Real Estate
I went to college in north Georgia where I was also stationed in the Army. Having spent several years in Germany as an Army brat the Bavarian veneer of Helen did not appeal to me, but this video was well made. Thanks Scott
Love your videos!
*adds Helen, GA to my list*
Glad to hear!
This is my favorite video so far. Keep it up!
Just spent 4 days there and it is a beautiful little town
Scott The best part about Helen is going to the Festhalle for Oktoberfest!! Prost!
There is a town in the North Cascades in Washington State that did the same thing many years ago...Leavenworth, Washington. It's especially beautiful in the winter...snow, lights, sledding in the park for kids. Oh, and lots of good Bavarian food!
Leavenworth is definitely on my visit list. I'd like to do a comparison, there's also Solvang, CA.
We went to Leavenworth yesterday. It was beautiful…snow on the ground, shopping, eating and kids sledding in the park!
I remember going to Solvang when I was a kid…I think it was a Swedish theme.
Helen is pretty fun! It’s a nice little getaway from Atlanta and it’s usually very affordable.
I'd never even heard of this place; this is so cool. What an amazing comeback for the town! Thanks for showing us this place; now I know where to go if I'm ever on a roadtrip nearby.
Worth a stop!
Similar in Mt. Angel, Oregon and Leavenworth, Washington.
Good for the business concerns and population.....
Unexpectedly drove through there, kept going, it looked like a serious tourist trap. Don't get me wrong it was pretty cool looking.
Besides maybe Athens probably the best drinking spot in North Georgia
Wow! I didn't know! Now I do! If and when I get to Helen, Georgia, I first want to visit the Helen Sock Shop 1:58
There's a town in western California (I forget the name) but it has Windmils and all that kind of shit too
Solvang!
What an interesting story. Thanks for sharing. Oom pah pah!
What time zone is it across the chattahooche edt ir cdt
Eastern Std time
Interesting!
Found you by your Train video
Btw i have a interesting story for you, the is a snackbar close to me what called wendy's. The big american wendy's want come to the Benelux but can't because a little snackbar hase that name.
Great video.
As an Houstonian/San Antonioian/Austinian living in Europe, if & when I do go back to the US, this will be on my short list of places I'd want to live in. I am sold, cities should exist for people, not cars.
It's disney town, not german.