For many Eltz Castle near Koblenz is the epitome of a knight's castle. It reflects different ages as building work went on for 500 years. For 34 generations Counts of Eltz have lived here.

But on my way home last year after a Thanksgiving weekend visit to a Rheinland-Pfalz spa town, my attention was wrested from the road in the vicinity of Koblenz by two castles not on the poster ...

The stretch between Bingen and Koblenz, which measures more than 60 kilometers, boasts a number of castles and castle ruins ... The Rhine hooks a sharp curve near St. Goar, past the Loreley ...

Castle ruins invite you to fill-in-the-moat ... In France's Dordogne region, I like to hike to Château de Commarque near Sarlat. It's a 20-minute walk through a forest of chestnut trees to ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 300-year-old ruin near Castle Ward in Northern Ireland. For researchers, it is a sensational find from a time about which there are few records. Harris to oversee ...

There it is in the distance: a crumbling castle or skeletal ... At Linlithgow Palace near Edinburgh, you can wander through what's left of the birthplace of Mary Queen of Scots. "Ruins are all ...

Castle ruins invite you to ramble the ramparts and ... In France's Dordogne region, I like to hike to Chateau de Commarque near Sarlat. The Chateau is a 20-minute walk through a forest of chestnut ...