PRIEN AM CHIEMSEE, Germany -- From the stone steps of the castle, the eye glides along manicured lawns, past water-spouting statues until focusing on the shore of Lake Chiemsee. The view is narrowed ...

A general view the park around Linderhof Palace. Unesco has declared the famous fairytale castles of Bavaria's King Ludwig II a World Heritage Site. Sven Hoppe/dpa UNESCO on Saturday declared the ...

While Bavaria commands most of the spotlight when castle talk begins, Germany’s other regions shelter architectural marvels that rarely make the travel brochures. These fortresses tell stories of ...

As with so many travelers, my images of Germany — cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, and fairy-tale castles — are from Bavaria, in the foothills of the Alps. You could easily spend a week here, ...

Like so many travelers, my images of Germany – cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, and fairy-tale castles – are from southern Bavaria, in the foothills of the Alps. You could easily spend a week ...

A “rare opportunity” to live like a European royal in the Lone Star State has come on the market in Texas Hill Country in the form of a Bavarian-style castle that sits at the heart of a 110-acre ...

The Neuschwanstein castle in Germany’s Bavaria, perhaps best known for inspiring Walt Disney’s fairytale castles, has been named a World Heritage Site, the United Nations cultural agency Unesco ...

Decked out with turrets, a keep and fortified walls, this stately abode looks like it could have been plucked out of the pages of a fairytale. While it models all of the characteristics of a European ...

The property was originally listed in 2009 for $3.2 million; to buy the main house, a lodge and 272 acres is $1.5 million. This view greets visitors as they drive down through the woods on July 8, ...

As with so many travelers, my images of Germany — cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen, and fairy-tale castles — are from Bavaria, in the foothills of the Alps. You could easily spend a week here, ...