Want to head out to some locations only history remembers? Here are seven abandoned islands that are safe to visit—and are mostly accessible.

Western Europe may seem stable today, but scattered across it are towns that tell a different story. Entire Italian villages ...

Archaeologists have discovered vestiges of a nearly 900-year-old “nameless” castle on a remote island that may have been home to kings. On the Isle of Islay, Scotland, due north of Ireland, the former ...