When I was 18, I took my first independent trip to Europe. During that trip, I toured “Mad” King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany — a medieval castle dream. Then, just over the border in ...

With its towers, turrets, frescoes, and throne hall, Neuschwanstein Castle looks like it was plucked straight from a medieval fairy tale. But the truth is that this over-the-top palace nestled in the ...

August 25 marks the 178th birthday of the Bavarian king, known for his Neuschwanstein Castle, which inspired Disney but was also a Nazi-looted art depot. Perched on a cliff in the Bavarian Alps near ...

It's easy to see why Neuschwanstein Castle, dramatically situated atop a hill in the Bavarian countryside, inspired Walt Disney. Though tucked in the hinterlands of Bavaria’s far south, the turreted ...

Neuschwanstein is not only located in Bavaria; its brand now also belongs to the southern German state. The top EU court ruled that Bavaria can trademark the castle's name, much to the dismay of the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Never heard of Fussen? Nor have most of the 1.5 million visitors who cram into Neuschwanstein Castle just four kilometres down the road.

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 ...