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 ...

Travelers who want to lose themselves in medieval fairy-tale-like castles should visit Europe's most castle-lined river full ...

There it is in the distance: a crumbling castle or skeletal church wall majestically perched on a seaside cliff or rising silently from the middle of a windswept moor. Get closer, and walk through the ...

Castle ruins invite you to ramble the ramparts and let your imagination roam. Climbing through waist-high weeds on rubble corralled by surviving walls, you can break off a spiky frond and live a sword ...

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 ...

Experience an overnight adventure at the abandoned ruins of Liverpool Castle. This video captures the haunting beauty and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Travelers have long ago discovered most of Europe's castles. These fortresses can be fun, offering battle re-enactments, sound-and-light shows, catapult demos, dress-up costumes, fake garden parties, ...

Most of Europe's castles have long been discovered by travelers. These can be fun, offering battle re-enactments, sound-and-light shows, catapult demos, dress-up costumes, fake garden parties, wagon ...