Germany has around 20,000 castles spread across the country. The total includes intact structures, partial ruins, foundations ...

This country may be small, but it has more castles per square mile than any other in Europe, making it known as the Castle ...

Visit this charming village in the Bavarian Alps, where lakeside views, mountain scenery, and royal history create a true ...

Germany's Neushwanstein is a textbook-like example of 19th-century Romanticism. In 1869, King Ludwig began building his medieval fantasy on the hilltop not for defensive reasons, but because he liked ...

Take a peek behind the stony walls of Europe's most magnificent structures. Aug. 8, 2008 -- From beheadings to extravagant parties, castles around the world have been used for a variety of purposes.

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(CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, ...