Castles

One of the finest surviving Irish tower houses, with 17th-century cannonball scars still lodged in the wall above the entrance.

The guest rooms in this hotel are a tiny castle, a ship built into a tower, and an underground burrow.

It is an old prison, lighthouse, and castle once used to guard the port in Havana, Cuba

A ruined tower house fought over in a family feud.

Once tied to Templar legend and later to Prussian counts, this fairy-tale palace has witnessed centuries of Polish history

Two columns and a path leading into the woods at Fort Bennett Park are all that remain of a custom-built, Bavarian-inspired castle

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!

A painted medieval castle where the most celebrated outlaw-poet of the Middle Ages was imprisoned — and where you can descend into his exact cell, nine centuries later.

Prior to modern plumbing, some toilets were in tall towers perched over rivers.

This 12th-century castle majestically overlooks the city and the beautiful Mosel River valley.

A Scottish tycoon’s unfinished mansion is known as one of Malaysia’s most haunted buildings.

Built in 1904 as a lavish gift for a daughter, it is one of Croatia's youngest and most architecturally unique castles, blending Art Nouveau with neo-Gothic elements.

This 18th century mansion played Winterfell in Game of Thrones.

A ruined castle revived by a glove magnate, home to countless tales of bad luck, romance, and war.

Tucked away in a beach village, the Castelo da Barra looks like it was plucked straight out of a fairy tale.

The remains of a 13th-century Norman fortress, largely destroyed by an explosive renovation.