The Rhine River, particularly the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, boasts an unparalleled concentration of over 40 medieval castles ...

Germany is a country where the past isn’t just preserved, it’s woven into everyday life in ways that feel both effortless and ...

Tomar, Portugal, feels like a secret that’s just been let out. The town’s got this old-world magic with Templar castles, ...

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down the barbarous masses that populated the rest of the world, and one of the ...

A grave slab raised from the site of a 13th Century shipwreck has gone on display in a museum for the first time. The Mortar ...

This walk takes you through Amersfoort’s snowy old streets, where medieval buildings look even more atmospheric in winter ...

(CNN) — In our travel roundup this week: the Japanese city firebombed by the US just hours before the end of World War II, the mysterious origins of the world’s only non-rectangular national flag, ...

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Archaeology reveals that a millennium ago, North America was home to thriving urban centres as large and sophisticated as ...

Modern researchers know about the cuckoo’s cross-species brood parasitism – but one Roman emperor observed this more than 700 ...