Appenzell, Switzerland — The signs were clear: The hike from the town of Appenzell to Clanx in northeastern Switzerland would take just 50 minutes. All I had to do was follow the yellow diamond-shaped ...

Seealpsee is a picturesque lake located in the Alpstein mountains of Switzerland. Known for its clear waters and scenic ...

The memory of one of my earliest visits to Appenzell is a vivid one: I was joining the local crowd in their Saturday-evening get-together, huddled around small tables in a tiny mountain hut that hangs ...

I'm high in the Swiss Alps in a tiny mountain hut called Berggasthaus Aescher. A spry grandpa in a sweater as worn as his face pulls a wide-eyed child onto his lap to teach him to drum with old wooden ...

The cows are drinking beer, the beer is being brewed from the spring water that surges through the Alpstein massif, the herb-brined cheeses are ripening in the cellars and the chickens are running ...

Baby, it’s cold outside. But the early-spring chill doesn’t deter Thomas B. from taking a brisk walk along Appenzell’s hilly trails to enjoy the green landscape of this rural canton in northeast ...

So long as Appenzell was a land of herdsmen, many peculiarities of costume, features, and manners must have remained. For a long time, however, Outer-Rhoden, as this part of the Canton is called, ...