Back in the day, you were nothing without your own fortress — and so much of Europe is covered with castles — or, more accurately, the ruins of castles. But now, many of these former grand residences ...

Archaeologists had known for years that a hotel in Vannes, France, was built on the site of a medieval castle. The 18th century mansion-turned-hotel even named itself after the castle: the Château de ...

One of the most iconic "non-lake" images from the Lake of the Ozarks region is the Castle Ruins at Ha Ha Tonka State Park in Camdenton. In the early 1900s, a wealthy businessman from Kansas City named ...

A hilltop village unlike any other in France, this Provencal town sits atop sheer limestone cliffs, surrounded by jagged hills and olive groves in a fertile Provençal valley, with the Alpilles ...

The Hunsrueck region of Germany — an area of rolling hills between the Rhine, Moselle and Nahe rivers — has quite a bit to offer the traveler or adventurer. There are numerous hiking and biking trails ...

A new project has been launched to protect an ancient castle wall damaged by vandals. People were caught on camera damaging the remaining walls of Wallingford Castle last year, according to ...

A historical estate with the remains of King Richard III’s castle in the garden has gone on the market for £1.1 million. The jagged ruins of Sheriff Hutton Castle stand behind the Warden’s House and ...

When I was 18, I took my first independent trip to Europe. During that trip, I toured “Mad” King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany — a medieval castle dream. Then, just over the border in ...

Archaeologists have begun excavation work in the ruins of a castle in northeastern Türkiye, exploring a history that dates back 3,500 years. The excavation in Gole in the province of Ardahan aims to ...

The biggest castle in Wales, and the second largest castle in Britain (falling short of Windsor Castle), Caerphilly Castle is ...