In the northeastern city of Shenyang, far from the great capital of Beijing, stands a palace that holds a special place in the history of China. The Mukden Palace, also

In the Franconian town of Bayreuth, famous today for Richard Wagner and his festival, stands a palace that tells the story of one of the most remarkable women of the

At the heart of Stuttgart, facing the broad Schlossplatz with its fountains and lawns, stands the city’s grandest building. The New Palace was built in the second half of the

On the cathedral hill of Bamberg, one of the most beautiful old towns in Germany, a grand baroque palace faces the four towered cathedral across a sloping square. The New

High on a hill above the meeting of two of Russia’s greatest rivers, the mighty Volga and the Oka, stands one of the most impressive fortresses in all of the

A guide to the Novgorod Kremlin, the ancient Detinets fortress, the oldest church in Russia and the spot where the country itself was born.

Deep in the Bavarian Alps, in a secluded valley surrounded by forested mountains, stands the smallest but perhaps the most perfect of the palaces built by King Ludwig II of

The royal palace of Klungkung in Bali, seat of the paramount Dewa Agung, preserves the astonishing painted pavilions of Kertha Gosa and the floating Bale Kambang. Explore its art, history and enduring meaning.

At the foot of Edinburgh’s ancient Royal Mile, where the medieval streets of the old town give way to open parkland beneath a dramatic volcanic hill, stands the official residence

In the town of Kokand, in the fertile Fergana Valley of eastern Uzbekistan, a long tiled facade rises above a broad approach like a wall of jewelry. This is the