Prisons in the Middle Ages were often designed less for rehabilitation and more for punishment and control. Some facilities gained reputations for extreme conditions, where prisoners faced ...

The French publishing house highlights the exceptional career of its flagship author, a leading voice in Templar and Cathar fiction, whose work has been translated into 15 languages ...

In 1324 the emperor of Mali, Mansa Musa, began a legendary pilgrimage to Mecca that stunned the medieval world. Traveling with tens of thousands of followers and caravans of camels loaded with gold, ...

Now, park fans can own a piece of Boo Blasters history as items from the one-of-a-kind ride are up for auction.

What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned into one of the most significant Roman archaeology discoveries in Spain in decades. Excavations beneath ...

There have also been reports of damage to the third-century Falak-ol-Aflak Citadel in Khorramabad, western Iran ...

Spring cleaning bodes well for home and mind, but how was the tradition originally conceived? How has it persisted since antiquity and into modern times?

The Seattle Pinball Museum in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District is where that childhood dilemma becomes gloriously irrelevant, because here, one admission gets you unlimited plays on dozens ...

How to plan a meaningful short trip from Leeds, Bradford or Manchester to one of Europe's most historically significant destinations.