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 ...

Just a half-hour from two U.S. bases in Bavaria and a few minutes from the Czech border is the town of Flossenbuerg, which offers a history lesson spanning more than 1,000 years. On arrival, ...

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 ...

HAMPSHIRE. CASTLES ARE BY DEFINITION STURDY THINGS, SOLID AND BUILT TO RESIST OUTSIDE FORCES. BUT NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. WE ARE AT THE RUINS OF MADAME SHERRI’S CASTLE IN MADAME SHERRY FOREST IN ...

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 ...

CAMDENTON - The place a man envisioned as his retreat away from the hustle and bustle of regular life now sees more than 500,000 visitors a year. It's the Castle Ruins at Ha Ha Tonka State Park in ...

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany -- Small hiking trails and tumble-down castle ruins are tucked into the hills and hamlets of eastern Bavaria. With a little driving and know-how, local residents can discover ...

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 in Vannes unearthed the ruins of an elaborate castle and moat built in the 1380s by a duke and later abandoned, photos show. Photo from Emmanuelle Collado and Inrap Archaeologists had ...