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 ...

What Kaiserslautern lacks in culture it makes up for in history and nature. The city to the south is blanketed by the Palatinate Forest, Germany’s largest contiguous patch of trees. Follow the network ...

On the outskirts of the Burren in County Clare, the ruins of Leamaneh Castle stand gloomily alone in the middle of private farmland. Abandoned since the 18th century, this once-imposing fortress can ...

An excavation project in northwestern France has uncovered the ruins of a medieval castle with its moat still intact as well as jewelry and other artifacts, officials said. The castle, believed to be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...