Behind long yellow walls beside the great river in the heart of Phnom Penh rises a vision of golden spires and tiered roofs, their tips curling up to the sky

The white timber Royal Palace of Tonga in Nuku’alofa is the seat of the only surviving indigenous monarchy in the Pacific. Explore its history, seafront architecture and enduring national meaning.

In the town of Abomey, in the West African nation of Benin, stand the remains of one of the most powerful and remarkable kingdoms in the history of the continent.

Discover the Stroganov Palace on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg, Rastrelli’s baroque masterpiece built for a fabulously rich merchant dynasty whose name lives on in a world-famous dish.

On the outskirts of Beijing, around a great lake and a hill crowned with temples, lies one of the most beautiful creations of Chinese civilization. The Summer Palace, known in

In the mountains above Rio, the Imperial Museum of Petropolis was the beloved summer palace of Dom Pedro II, and it keeps the crown, the coaches, and the memory of Brazil’s vanished empire.

Step out of the sunbaked lanes of Khiva and through a modest doorway in a high mud-brick wall, and you enter a world that seems to belong to a storybook.

Explore the Tauride Palace in Saint Petersburg, built for Catherine the Great’s favorite Potemkin, famed for its great colonnaded gallery and its role as the home of Russia’s first parliament.

Of all the orders of warrior-monks that arose in the Middle Ages, none has captured the imagination like the Knights Templar, the mysterious and powerful brotherhood of fighting monks whose

The Thanjavur Maratha Palace in Tamil Nadu is a vast complex of painted halls, a famous library and a renowned bronze gallery, built by Nayak and Maratha rulers. Explore its durbar hall, towers and treasures.