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Black Forest Adler satisfies with German, Swabian specialties

me up Niagara Falls Boulevard to Black Forest Adler. The family restaurant run by Gerhard Braun and his wife, Laura, has Deutschland decor like cuckoo clocks and nutcracker dolls. But that's not as important as my most satisfying discovery ...

Ferdinand Christkindlmarkt this weekend

The seven markt locations include the Ferdinand Community Center at 1710 Community Drive, Forest Park High School at 1440 Michigan Street, the Tri-County YMCA Antiques Markt at 131 E. 16th Street, the Historic Wollenmann Home at 1150 Main Street, the ...

America's best Christmas markets

Christened “Bethlehem” on Christmas Eve 1741, this tradition-steeped town holds one of the most authentic Christmas markets, featuring artisans and glassblowers making glass ornaments on site. Beyond Cuckoo clocks from the Black Forest region, lace ...

Look at This: Hoard of Gold Coins Uncovered in Crusader Castle

The Crusades were a time of religious conflict, when territory and castles were won with bloody battles and then quickly lost again—and with all that brouhaha, who had time to make new coins? When the Christian Knights Hospitaller buried a jug of 108 ...

A Bit of Switzerland in Wisconsin

New Glarus Brewing was our first stop after checking into the Chalet Landhaus, a Swiss-themed '80s-vintage hotel decorated with cow bells and cuckoo clocks. The hotel is right beside the Sugar River State Trail, with a spur that leads to the hilltop ...

The art of souvenir shopping

Where to buy: Shops in villages and towns in the Black Forest area sell the cuckoo clocks. Visitors may tour its City of Porcelain in Carretera Alboraya s/n, 46016 Tavernes Blanques in Valencia, watch artisans at work and tour the Lladro Museum....

German Christmas Museum Tree Ornaments Exhibition

Some are handmade by elementary schoolchildren and others are carved and painted by skilled artisans. The tradition of Woodcarvers in the villages and towns near the Black Forest made cuckoo clocks, nutcrackers and wooden ornaments. The designs ...

Encountering a regular geyser in the Wyoming mountains

THE exhausted French fur trapper staggered out of a deep forest in Wyoming, weary eyes alighting on ... was due to erupt. With almost cuckoo-clock like reliability it did just that. A spume of hot, steaming water whooshed 120ft into the air, hissing ...

FCA Canada: New 2016 Chrysler 200S and 300S Alloy Editions Highlight Avant-garde Style Through Industrious Material and Finish Selections

“Inspired by our local artisans who continue to push design ... body colours that amplify the Dark Bronze, Titanium and Black Gloss finishes. Available colours include: Gloss Black, Black Forest Green Pearl, Redline Tri-coat Pearl, Granite Crystal ...

New 2016 Chrysler 200S and 300S Alloy Editions Highlight Avant-garde Style

“Inspired by our local artisans who continue to push design ... colors that amplify the Dark Bronze, Titanium and Black Gloss finishes. Available colors include Gloss Black Clear Coat, Black Forest Green Pearl Coat, Redline Tri-coat Pearl, Granite ...

Smoke and Ash

Inside there was a dozen of wooden cuckoo clocks ... as snow with a black slash across the eye. Looked more of a scar than what nature intended the owl to be. The owl was inside a metal cage, the only metal besides the hands of the clocks.

Edgy Take on Black Forest Cult

German artist Stefan Strumbel's work tends to be garish and deliberately controversial. It's an edgy take on traditional Black Forest culture. His cuckoo clocks have skulls and rifles instead of happy, singing birds. 70 years after the author's death ...

German classic Black Forest gateau celebrates its 100th birthday

Nothing says Black Forest like cuckoo clocks and gateau. The combo of dark sponge cake, cream, cherry and schnapps celebrates its 100th birthday this year. Yet, it was not even created in the region. "Creating Black Forest gateau is my daily business ...