This walled medieval village is full of half-timbered and charming stone buildings, with winding streets and cobblestoned lanes. Flowers and greenery spill down ledges and wind up buildings, accenting ...

Dotting the countryside, true medieval fortifications aren’t backdrops or replicas (though some have been movie sets)—they’re original structures that have stood for centuries.

Every metal detectorist dreams of unearthing something valuable. For one man the English countryside yielded an incredible find when he stumbled upon a medieval diamond wedding ring in “almost ...

Nicki and John Beavan restored a 12th-century medieval farmstead in Worcestershire, England. They renovated the farmhouse and a 700-year-old tithe barn and built two treehouses on the grounds. For ...

We then traveled by car through the green, beautiful French countryside. It was a 90-minute trek that took us through rolling hills and vineyard, after vineyard, after vineyard.

The medieval town of Certaldo is a central spot for exploring Italy’s Tuscany region. The hilltop walled city is roughly a 45-minute train ride away from cultural monument-filled Florence and 40 ...

More than 60,000 vividly rendered tombstones dot the nation's countryside and offer a fascinating glimpse of medieval life in the region. Whenever I travel through Herzegovina, the southern part ...