Engadine-style houses have a distinct architectural giveaway – their decorated exteriors. In addition to the playful scrolling – known as sgraffito – the homes are also distinguished by their massive ...

No longer solely for the ski set, Crans-Montana welcomes year-round visitors. An exclusive apartment in this Carlo Rampazzi-designed Alpine property is on the market. Price upon request. Switzerland’s ...

Every week, Mansion Global poses a tax question to real estate tax attorneys and other experts. Here is this week’s question. Q: I’m thinking about buying a chalet in the Alps, and I understand ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

A chalet—also commonly known as a Swiss chalet—is a small house that originated in the Alpine region of Europe. Common in Switzerland, the Bavarian Alps, the French Alps and the Austrian region of ...

At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents who were evacuated on May 19. By Neil Vigdor and Aishvarya Kavi A vast ...

A landslide near Blatten, Switzerland submerged an entire village in the Swiss Alps, leaving most of the homes and buildings under a mass of brown sludge. It happened after a large chunk of the Birch ...