The Cooch Behar Palace in northern West Bengal is a grand European-style mansion crowned with a soaring dome, built by a reforming maharaja of the Koch dynasty. Explore its architecture, history and frontier setting.

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

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.

Versailles may be the most famous of France’s royal palaces, but it is not the oldest or, some would say, the most loved by the monarchs who lived in it.

Visit Gatchina Palace near Saint Petersburg, a fortress-like grey stone castle with a secret echo tunnel, a signal tower, and a vast park of lakes.

In the heart of modern Seoul, surrounded by glass towers and the roar of one of Asia’s great cities, lies a vast and tranquil world of wooden halls, painted eaves,

On the banks of the Thames upstream from London stands a palace that is really two palaces in one, joined at the seam and telling two different stories of English

Hazarduari Palace in Murshidabad, the Palace of a Thousand Doors, was the grand seat of the Nawabs of Bengal. Explore its European architecture, famous doors, treasures and riverside history.

Near Apeldoorn, Het Loo is a Dutch Baroque palace built by William and Mary of Orange, famed for formal gardens that were lost for centuries and lovingly recreated in our own time.

Discover Hluboka Castle in South Bohemia, a dazzling white neo-Gothic palace modeled on Windsor Castle by the Schwarzenberg family, often called the most beautiful castle in the Czech Republic.