Business Directory

Bakery Hofer’s of Helen Strudel and laminated dough product, by single-shaper production. See our investigation.
Restaurant Bodensee Restaurant Schnitzel, sausage platters, and the all-day patio.
Restaurant Old Bavaria Inn Restaurant The site of the original downtown rooftop-goat installation.
Tubing Cool River Tubing Recreational-water transport. 1,840-tube fleet.
Tubing Helen Tubing & Waterpark 1,610-tube fleet plus a small waterpark on the same parcel.
Lodging Heidi Motel & Windmill Suites Single-windmill-themed lodging with the original 1962 cinder-block construction.
Lodging Helendorf River Inn River-adjacent lodging with the standing accordion-player ghost reputation.
Lodging Holiday Inn Express — Helen The free continental breakfast is, per the standing customer report, considered the best in the area.
Lodging Valhalla Resort Hotel Premium lodging at the south end of town.
Bakery The Strudel Haus The smaller of the two downtown strudel-specialty retailers. Single-counter operation.
Cuckoo Clocks Bruckenstrasse Cuckoo Clock Specialists Seven-figure inventory, 8-day movements specialty.
Souvenirs Bruckenstrasse Souvenir Shoppe The full Helen-themed t-shirt range. Top-selling SKU: ‘HELEN, GA’.
Souvenirs Edelweiss Strasse Trinkets Carries the only known stocked unit of the ‘I READ THE COMP PLAN’ t-shirt.
Christmas The Helen Christmas Shoppe Year-round. No discount cycle. Founded 1971.
Welcome Center Helen Welcome Center Operates the Glockenspiel, the rooftop-goat program documentation, and the visitor self-study program.
Outdoors Anna Ruby Falls Visitor Center U.S. Forest Service operated. Tandem-falls observation platform plus the gift shop.
Outdoors Unicoi State Park & Lodge The full activity-industrial-complex menu: zip-line, archery, hatchet-throw, paddleboard, etc.
Attractions BabyLand General Hospital Cleveland, GA. The site of all documented Cabbage Patch Doll births.
Attractions Charlemagne’s Kingdom The model-train miniature village with the European-monarchy theme.
Glassblowing Bruckenstrasse Glass Studio Hot-glass production. Lothar at the bench. See our short story.