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

What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and human drama that played out within the walls, as well as the astonishing ...

A small cache of medieval game pieces has been discovered in the ruins of a recently discovered castle in southern Germany. The finds provide a window into leisure time, possibly among actual knights, ...

In medieval Europe, castles were the ultimate homes for kings and nobles. The big stone structures weren't just fancy ...

Germany wears its history openly. In its medieval towns, time doesn’t just linger, it breathes. Cobbled lanes twist past gabled houses, stone towers rise above red rooftops, and the scent of fresh ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At that time, the town still fed a few farm animals within its medieval walls ...

Archaeologists digging up the filled-in moat of Sparrenburg Castle uncovered a forgotten staircase, possibly leading to an unknown cellar. Screengrab from YouTube video shared by BielefeldJETZT ...

Sometimes it takes a village to raise a window. Between 2015 and 2017, skilled masons meticulously carved and beveled arches and four-lobed flourishes for a Gothic-style stone window frame in Guédelon ...

What is it about castles that fascinates so many people around the globe? A lot of the allure derives from the history and human drama that played out within the walls, as well as the astonishing ...