Far from the well-trod paths of places like the Historic Columbia River Highway and Silver Falls State Park, is the North ...

If you're someone who likes to celebrate Christmas in July, consider planning ahead for "Nutcracker! Magical Christmas Ballet." ...

Sure, Miami and New York are fun. But consider one of these less high-profile cities or towns for your next domestic trip.

The German company Steinbach Volkskunst has created a popular nutcracker doll depicting ... In Seiffen, a toy-making village in the Ore Mountains, over 120 manufacturers produce wooden figures ...

A nutcracker typically takes around a week ... Craft from the Erzgebirge, or Ore Mountains, around Marienberg is an institution in itself and last month was added to a list vetted by a German ...

just like the toy and woodcraft industry in the Ore Mountains. Their nutcrackers, for instance, are world-famous. Most of them are sold in the US but the lingering tariffs are a tough nut to crack ...

This interdependence now faces serious threats as whitebark pine populations are decimated by white pine blister rust (an introduced fungal disease), mountain pine beetle outbreaks, and climate change ...