Once worth millions, these abandoned mansions and castles around the world fell into ruin after fires, wars, and financial ...

In the 1600s, one Dutch nobleman poured his fortune into building a private stone fortress — part mansion, part cave, and ...

Fly over the abandoned medieval village of Craco in Basilicata, Italy—an eerie and cinematic ghost town perched on a rugged hilltop, famously featured in "The Passion of the Christ"—captured in ...

For all their hard work, peasants had a fair amount of downtime. Add up Sundays and the many holidays, and about one-third of the year was free of intensive work. Celebrations were frequent and ...

Tucked away in the heart of rural Florida, where most travelers would expect nothing more exciting than cattle pastures and orange groves, stands a gleaming metallic fortress that seems to have ...

Neighbours in a small village in rural England are at war over plans to demolish a crumbling cottage and build an unusual ...

The Old Spotted Dog pub in Upton Lane, Forest Gate will be restored including a new hotel and flats after Newham Council ...

Imagine Daniel Day-Lewis in Westeros! From Tywin Lannister to Ned Stark, here are 10 iconic Game of Thrones roles he could ...

Swedish archaeologists recently uncovered remnants of a forgotten 16th-century city beneath modern-day Gothenburg.

Across England are scattered the ruins of small communities, once ravaged by disease, famine and macroeconomic trends. One example is Wharram Percy in the Yorkshire Wolds, one of the largest and best ...

Check out the Of Ash and Steel launch trailer for this old-school third-person open-world RPG set in a cruel medieval world. In Of Ash and Steel, make your path from abandoned lowlife to a marshal of ...