Archaeologists in France have uncovered a 16th century execution ground where a 450-year-old gallows once stood above mass ...

Stanley bought the 10.6-acre lot—the last parcel available in the neighborhood of Castle Creek Valley Ranch—in 2012 for $5.1 ...

Imagine a junior-varsity, budget-friendly British Columbia about the size of Delaware — but with serious French flair. The ...

Many of the fanciest luxury brands, such as Hermès, Ferragamo and Prada, remain family-run despite being publicly listed.

The riverside, red-brick city in southwestern France, already a hub for aerospace technology, is undergoing a cultural ...

If you ever wondered what it took to build a castle back in the 13th century, the Chantier Médiéval de Guédelon gives you the opportunity. A collection of master builders, including quarrymen, ...

Guéret. British Corner. The celebration of European Heritage Days recently fitted in well with my visit to Guédelon. I had heard about this unique project to build, from nothing, a medieval (13th ...

In east-central France, just a two-hour drive south of Paris, a structure is being built that’s unlike any other. Guédelon Castle is, as its name suggests, a castle – but that’s not what makes it ...

A group backed by some of California's richest has purchased some 60,000 acres of farmland in Northern California, as part of an ambitious plan to build a brand-new, walkable city in the nation's most ...

How do you build a medieval castle from scratch? Domestic historian Ruth Goodman and archeologists Peter Ginn and Tom Pinfold make perhaps their most ambitious foray into the past as they head to ...

QUSRA, WEST BANK — Sisters, wives, mothers, and cousins of the village of Qusra gather to mourn their Palestinian loved ones killed by armed Israeli settlers just days after the Oct. 7th Hamas attack.

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the late ...