Every Cabbage Patch Doll I received as a kid had a birth certificate that cited its place of birth as Babyland General Hospital. At 42 years old, I decided to finally visit the hospital in Cleveland, ...

Standing in a loose circle with hands raised, a group of around five dozen adults recite an oath to be the best adoptive parent in the world. Then, when their word is given, they scramble around the ...

CLEVELAND, Ga. — In Cleveland, Georgia, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, there is a place called BabyLand General Hospital. The birthplace of the Cabbage Patch Kids. "It is the epitome ...

CLEVELAND, Ga. – Standing in a loose circle with one hand raised, a group of about five dozen adults recited an oath to be the best adoptive parent in the world. Then, when the word was given, they ...

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Situated on 650 acres in the mountains of North Georgia is a mansion filled with dolls. Not just any dolls, though. They have big faces and wide eyes and curly, yarn-like hair. They're Cabbage Patch ...

It’s been 45 years since Xavier Roberts and his friends opened BabyLand General Hospital, turning an old Cleveland medical facility into the headquarters for what would become the world-famous Cabbage ...

CLEVELAND, Ga. - Out in the mountains of Northeast Georgia, not far from where scenes of "Smokey and the Bandit" were filmed in the 1970s, you'll find a big, white hospital. It's called BabyLand. And ...

According to lore, creator Xavier Roberts was led to the original Cabbage Patch Kids by a swarm of gentle “Bunnybees.” When I was a toddler, my grandparents brought me to the original BabyLand General ...

There’s this place in Cleveland, Georgia called BabyLand General Hospital where Cabbage Patch Kids are born. No, not where they’re made. Where they’re born. My mom took my sister and me here back in ...