Seeing an abandoned or ruined castle can break your heart a little bit — these majestic structures have fallen into disrepair after hundreds of years of being home to royalty and important historical ...

Many modern visitors to Denmark are drawn by its groundbreaking Nordic cuisine, beautiful design, clean cities, windswept coastline or its cycle network — all of which help make it one of the happiest ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Evoking legends, lore, and full-blown fantasy, castles possess a certain magic that draws in modern ...

From a Danish palace rebuilt after a devastating fire to a Japanese fortress that echoes the beauty of nature, these enchanting estates hold bountiful tales to fill up volumes of storybooks. Below, ...

However, a lack of funds and fighting in Scotland meant that by the 1320s Beaumaris, meaning beautiful marsh, was essentially abandoned. Today, its incredible, symmetrical design, made up of four ...

There’s something about abandoned mansions that captures the imagination. These once-glorious estates, built to showcase wealth and power, now stand frozen in time with peeling paint, shattered ...

Vibrant grass and flowers have sprouted through walls on Hashima Island, a once densely populated area home to thousands of miners. The land was owned by Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan’s largest ...

Germany is home to tens of thousands of castles, including one that is recognized the world over: Neuschwanstein was the inspiration for some of Disney's fairytale castles. The new National Geographic ...

The abandoned Bannerman Castle is deteriorating on the Hudson River in New York. The island it sits on opened to visitors in 2020.National Archives and Records Administration, Joey Hadden/Business ...

Explore the eerie and captivating world of abandoned places with our list of the top 25 creepiest abandoned locations on ...