Touristic, glorious, and romantic, some of Germany's best attractions are in Bavaria. My favorites are three of King Ludwig II’s castles: stocky Hohenschwangau, his boyhood home; the nearby and ...

A great honour: on 12 July, UNESCO declared the world-famous Royal Palace at Schachen a World Heritage Site. At the conference in Paris, Ludwig II's other castles, namely Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and ...

Ringo Starr was so proud to play a Ludwig drum set during the Beatles’ first televised appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 that he asked William F. Ludwig II to build a special set for him ...

There's a reason it looks like something from a fairy tale. Neuschwanstein Castle, which literally translates to "New Swan Stone" Castle, is located in the region of Bavaria in southeastern Germany.

Ringo Starr was so proud to play a Ludwig drum set during the Beatles’ first televised appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in 1964 that he asked William F. Ludwig II to build a special set for him ...

The real-life Castle Neuschwanstein, the inspiration for the tabletop game "Castles of Mad King Ludwig." (Jurgen Matern/Wikimedia Commons) King Ludwig II of Bavaria had one of the most bizarre royal ...

An object of fascination to such filmmakers as William Dieterle and Luchino Visconti, the eccentric Ludwig II ruled Bavaria from 1864 to ’86, enriching its cultural life even as he allowed his ...

The reclusive “Fairy Tale King” who inspired Disneyland’s castle escaped the responsibilities of royalty and reality in a fantasy world mountaintop palace where he led a “Once Upon a Time” storybook ...

A Bavarian-style castle for sale two hours north of San Antonio recently had its asking price cut by $1 million. Located in Burnett, near Inks Lake and Longhorn Cavern State Park, the seven-bedroom, ...

His CIA code name is Condor. In the next seventy-two hours almost everyone he trusts will try to kill him.