France is known for its grand, palatial châteaux, but the country also boasts a collection of incredible ruined castles that transport visitors back to the medieval era. These castles, with their ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though tucked in the hinterlands of Bavaria’s far south, the turreted fantasy castle of Neuschwanstein is hardly a secret. But the relatively unknown Ehrenberg ruins, perched on a hill just over the ...

During fall and winter, Europe’s museums and art galleries are often a great way to get out of the cold and rain while exploring a new town. On a crisp afternoon recently, my wife and I took one of ...

Architect Jaime Fernández restored a 250-year-old mini-castle from ruins to create a unique home with fossils embedded in the walls. He gives us a tour of Dinton Castle in Buckinghamshire, England, ...

A new project has been launched to protect an ancient castle wall damaged by vandals. People were caught on camera damaging the remaining walls of Wallingford Castle last year, according to ...

A charming little castle nestled near a quaint village has been crowned one of the top three castles in the county, and its unique ruins are a sight to behold. Primarily dating back to the 14th ...

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, ...