Castles

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

The atomic museum in the basement of this German castle displays long strands of replica uranium cubes.

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.

This Belgian palace was long the domain of priests and aristocrats but is now being turned into an art commune.

Hidden well off the beaten path in Catalonia is this crumbling medieval castle that is slowly being covered in graffiti.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

Abortion, prohibition, religion, war, and fear all play a part in the history of this idiosyncratic Pacifica castle.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.