Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ripley Castle, one of the UK's most historic estates, is hitting the market after staying in the same family for over 700 years. A ...

Live like the king of your own hill in this fortress of yore. In the north of England, the 900-year-old Appleby Castle, once the palace of bona fide kings and queens, now seeks a deep-pocketed buyer ...

An early-medieval castle in the Lake District area of England with a royal history and a dramatic tower hit the market last week for £9.5 million (US$11.99 million). Appleby Castle, as it’s known, is ...

Castle Howard, one of the grandest of English country houses, is taking the long way home. The domed Yorkshire residence, designed by Baroque architect John Vanbrugh for the third Earl of Carlisle, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Did some Palm Beach official declare February to be "Duchess Month" and then forget to tell us about it? First it was Fergie, the ...

Elizabethan manor houses, Baroque palaces and impregnable fortresses: England has an extraordinarily rich legacy. Here are eight castles you need to see across Old Blighty! Blenheim Palace, a Baroque ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — There's been a growing interest in people researching their family ancestry. Many have learned some interesting facts about their heritage. That includes Holland's Hopwoood ...

A 715-year-old English castle with a history as rich as its architecture has just hit the market for the first time in its ...