St. Jakob’s Church contains the one must-see art treasure in Rothenburg: a glorious 500-year-old altarpiece by Tilman Riemenschneider, the Michelangelo of German woodcarvers. For a closer view of this ...

As a young backpacker, I first fell in love with the picturesque village of Rothenburg, in Germany’s Franconian heartland. At ...

Cyning Meadowcroft built his dream home in Happy Valley near Cheyenne using a near-extinct construction method called a ...

It's often alleged that the Christmas tree originated from some sort of pagan practice. But the evidence points to a much later date during the Medieval period in Europe.

Haddington in East Lothian was once the fourth largest town in Scotland and today this Royal Burgh still retains its Medieval character, with ...

The sleepy Welsh village of Merthyr Mawr is also near Gavin and Stacey's finale hotel and an idyllic woodland sauna ...

Medieval games come in all different shapes ... and expansive technology trees. It’s still got a pretty healthy competitive scene, too. Conqueror’s Blade is a free-to-play MMO set in the ...

The oldest known Amsterdammer has a face and will be the star of the exhibition about the Dutch capital’s medieval origins ...

The pieces were built from large tree branches and carved on one side ... The abatises were found in front of the medieval gatehouse of Sheffield Castle, a strategic point. The stakes were crudely ...

Under the broad definition of a pie as a filled, baked pastry shell, history has provided a wide range of pies. Egyptian ...