Bamburgh Beach, one of Northumberland’s most breathtaking coastal gems, has been named the third-best winter beach ...

An unusual medieval gold seal with a gemstone engraved with an elephant carrying a castle on its back has been added to a ...

From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

Visitors can tour rooms which include eerie dungeons, secret passages, medieval furniture, weaponry and art. One of the ...

One of the first questions to come up in terms of vacation planning is the nature of the trip itself. Should it be an urban ...

UniverSoul Circus presents “Rhythm of the World” opening Feb. 13 under the big top tent at Heritage Park in Simpsonville.

The Danube in Depth cruise embarks in Nuremberg and disembarks in Budapest with stops in Regensburg, Passau, Linz, Durnstein, ...

Impressive buildings and beautiful grounds await in the Loire Valley, Dordogne, and Alsace at these 8 beautiful French castles you can visit on your next trip to France.

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to ...

TOKYO -- Japan's ancient castles, always beautiful, are even more stately at this time of the year, as the drier, clearer air allows light to shine more brilliantly on the snow. Snowfall in Japan ...

Still standing after nearly 550 years, Olavinlinna or St. Olaf's Castle, is the northernmost medieval stone fortress in the world, lying about 220 miles from Helsinki. As the origin of uncountable ...