Some historic places are visited for their beauty, but Elmina Castle is visited for its truth. Rising white and serene above the surf on the coast of Ghana, it is

On the right bank of the Rhine, a little downstream from Koblenz, a graceful rococo palace looks out over the river from its terrace. Engers Palace was built in the

Rising some thirty meters above the surrounding plain, a great oval mound crowned with a dense huddle of houses dominates the heart of the city of Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan.

In the heart of the old town of Ettlingen, on the banks of the little river Alb just south of Karlsruhe, stands a palace with a remarkable secret. Behind its

A French-inspired summer palace built for Bulgaria’s monarchs near Varna, Euxinograd hides its elegant halls, celebrated park, and vineyards behind its gates.

On the Black Sea coast just north of the Bulgarian city of Varna, set amid a vast and beautiful park that runs down to the water, stands one of the

“While there were uprisings in Albania and Arabia, Armenians were being massacred by Kurds on September 29, 1911.” – (The War in Europe, 199 / New York – 1914) While

On a hill above Hyderabad, Falaknuma Palace holds the world’s longest dining table and the memory of the Nizams, among the richest rulers the world has ever known.

In the gentle countryside south of Fulda, at the end of a long avenue of trees, stands one of the most beautiful baroque palaces in Hesse. Fasanerie Palace, named after

High on the plateau of northern Ethiopia, where the air is cool and the mountains stretch to the horizon, stands a cluster of stone castles that seem to have wandered