Castles

In Texas, a replica Irish castle is home to a charismatic pack of llamas.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

The castle was reconstructed to fit Kaiser Wilhelm II's romanticized vision of the Middle Ages.

Ruins of a 13th-century fortress perched above a breathtaking Mediterranean bay.

A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

This Ukranian fortress is one of the best-preserved medieval castles in Europe.

An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.

This imposing 20th-century castle was abandoned before it was ever completed.

This grubby wall is said to be one of the Earth's esoteric energy centers.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

A moody and picturesque riverside ruin overgrown with vegetation.

These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.

The site of the first medieval crusade that pitted Christians against Christians.

A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.