Europe is home to some of the most breathtaking palaces in the world, each one built to showcase power, wealth, and royal ...

Not only are the hills - or rather the spectacular, snowcapped Alps - around Salzburg alive with the sound of music, but also ...

The Habsburgs ruled much of Europe—but their power came with a price. Their infamous jawline became a symbol of royal inbreeding gone too far.

That year, three cantons – Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwald – signed a mutual defense pact against external threats, particularly from the Habsburgs. This pact is considered the founding act of the ...

The Countess of Wemyss and March, better known as Amanda Feilding, who has died aged 82, spent decades as a lonely voice crusading for the legalisation of LSD and its rehabilitation as a medical ...