Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Examining 8 towns in the U.S. that have at least been partially developed or designed to resemble European cities from various countries. Some were founded to be towns for people from that country, some were made into tourist towns leaning into its heritage, and a couple had nothing to do with the European country it's imitating but is just a planned development for tourism purposes. There are more of these than I can cover in one video, but I wanted to highlight some of the most interesting ones.
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Jerry Doucette: "The Douce is Loose" (1979)
0:00 Intro
0:54 Solvang, CA
2:54 Lindsborg, KS
4:08 Frankenmuth, MI
5:58 New Glarus, WI
7:32 Pella, IA
8:47 Helen, GA
10:32 Leavenworth, WA
12:04 Kingsburg, CA
Examining 8 towns in the U.S. that have at least been partially developed or designed to resemble European cities from various countries. Some were founded to be towns for people from that country, some were made into tourist towns leaning into its heritage, and a couple had nothing to do with the European country it's imitating but is just a planned development for tourism purposes. There are more of these than I can cover in one video, but I wanted to highlight some of the most interesting ones.
If you are interested in supporting the channel, please visit my Patreon page at patreon.com/geographyking
Album displayed:
Jerry Doucette: "The Douce is Loose" (1979)
0:00 Intro
0:54 Solvang, CA
2:54 Lindsborg, KS
4:08 Frankenmuth, MI
5:58 New Glarus, WI
7:32 Pella, IA
8:47 Helen, GA
10:32 Leavenworth, WA
12:04 Kingsburg, CA
