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Isle of Skye, Scotland

The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan Castle

Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.
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Mains Castle
East Kilbride, Scotland

Mains Castle

This castle was first occupied in the 1400s and has undergone major restoration in recent times.
Balsorano Vecchio, Italy

Castello Piccolomini

This castle was once an Italian horror cinema star.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin, France

Angle sur l’ Anglin Fortress

This imposing castle has stood for nearly a thousand years.
Banaman, Iraq

Khanzad Castle

The legendary fortress of a female Kurdish warrior leader.
Burgruine Waldenburg
Attendorn, Germany

Burgruine Waldenburg

A ruined castle made famous in German movies and TV productions.
A stone tower with brown pointed roof surveys a mountainous valley
Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Schloss Vaduz

Liechtenstein's royal family calls this medieval alpine castle home.
Hutton Mulgrave, England

Foss Castle

Almost nothing but earthworks remain of this long-lost castle.
Falkenburg
Detmold, Germany

Falkenburg

The ruins of a medieval castle that survived two sieges.
Houyet, Belgium

Halte Royal d'Ardenne

The private train station King Leopold II built for the Belgian royal family now lies abandoned.
Kinbane Castle
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland

Kinbane Castle

Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.
Port Townsend, Washington

Manresa Castle

A historic hotel with many stories of haunted activity.
Rosehearty, Scotland

Pitsligo Castle

The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.
Eglinton, Scotland

Eglinton Castle

The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Vista Alegre, Paraguay

Castillo Echauri

In the middle of a sleepy Paraguayan village, a more than 20-meter-tall medieval castle protrudes into the air.
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Podcast: Burj Al Babas

This perplexing abandoned housing development is part ghost town, part fairy tale.
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Kendal, England

Castle Howe

This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.