How to visit Volgograd vast Mamayev Kurgan complex and the colossal Motherland Calls statue, and how to read the memorial that locals climb in silence.

In the center of the Burmese city of Mandalay, ringed by a vast square moat and miles of towering brick walls, lies the last royal palace of the kings of

Some palaces are monuments to a dynasty’s rise, but Mandalay Palace is a monument to a monarchy’s fall. Built at the foot of the sacred Mandalay Hill in central Myanmar,

In Kumasi stands Manhyia Palace, seat of the Asantehene, where the Golden Stool embodies the soul of a West African kingdom that survived war, conquest, and exile to reign still.

Explore Mannheim Palace, one of the largest baroque residences in Europe, with its colossal facade, splendid palace church, and remarkable second life as a university.

On a high hill of black volcanic rock overlooking the blue waters of the Mediterranean, in the coastal mountains of northern Syria, there rises one of the greatest of all

Rising in a striking silhouette of black-walled keeps and steep gables above its moat, with the snow-capped peaks of the Japanese Alps as a backdrop, Matsumoto Castle is one of

Towering over the blue-washed houses of the old city of Jodhpur, rising sheer from a great cliff of rock in the desert of Rajasthan, Mehrangarh is one of the mightiest

Discover Mikhailovsky Castle in Saint Petersburg, the moated red fortress Emperor Paul built out of fear and where he was murdered just forty days after moving in.

Just north of Ludwigsburg, at the edge of a shimmering lake surrounded by meadows, vineyards and old trees, stands one of the most romantic palaces in southern Germany. Monrepos Lake