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Where Are America’s Best European Villages?

Posted by Christopher Elliott of National Geographic Traveler on April 9, 2012
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The view upon entering Helen, Georgia. (Photo: Juliana Freeman/My Shot)

Drop in to Helen, Georgia from Highway 17, a winding two-lane road that descends from the Peach State’s famous Blue Ridge Mountains, and you’ll think you’ve arrived on the wrong continent. Just as you cross the city limits, the understated southern architecture that defines the farms and cabins in Georgia’s northwest corner gives way to something…