Lawmakers in the central German state of Thuringia reconvened on Saturday amid a chaotic deadlock between the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) and other parties. The AfD made historic gains ...

in Germany?). A short detour off the Fairy Tale Route leads you to the historic city of Fulda, in the German state of Hesse, surrounded by the lush Rhön Mountains and bordered by the Fulda River.

The AfD came in first in Thuringia and placed second in Saxony, right on the heels of the Christian Democrats (CDU). Germany’s media and ruling class predictably catastrophized the voting results.