However, the U.S. also has its own unique castles, which attract plenty of visitors every year (and no, not the castle at Disney World). Halfway between L.A. and San Francisco, Hearst Castle is the ...

A 15th-century medieval ring was recently unearthed at Wawel Royal Castle in Krakow, Poland. The piece of jewelry was found ...

Professor Richard Holmes, a British military historian featured in the NOVA film "Medieval Siege," talks here about everyday life in a medieval English castle, giving a sense of how lords and ...

Family-friendly events at castles, abbeys, and ancient monuments across Wales have been announced in time for half term. Cadw ...

NARRATOR: Rooms in castles didn't have bare stone walls like the ruins we see today. They were covered with a layer of mortar, the medieval equivalent of plaster.Next, they were given a coat of ...

A POPULAR medieval English castle has shut in a "massive blow" for locals and businesses in a market town. English Heritage announced Prudhoe Castle in Northumberland had closed over the weekend ...

PETER GINN: Castles dominated the landscape of the medieval age and Britain have some of the finest examples in the world. They were grand fortifications designed to protect and to intimidate ...