How about a trip back in time this summer? UNESCO-listed abbeys, fortified bastide villages, pilgrimage towns: these five ...

Castello di Amorosa stands proudly on a Calistoga hillside, a 13th-century Tuscan castle that seems to have been plucked from ...

Imagine cruising through Napa Valley’s sun-drenched vineyards when suddenly—like a mirage rising from the California landscape—a massive medieval castle appears on the horizon, complete with towers, ...

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.