Heritage visits

Buckingham Palace on VE Day in 1945

7 facts about Buckingham Palace

Glamis Castle is said to be the most-haunted castle in Scotland. (Photo by mpalis via Getty Images)

General History

A royal ghost tour: 5 haunted sites around Britain

A photograph of the Tower of London, from the river

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

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An aerial view of Tintagel Castle, Cornwall. (Photo by David Goddard/Getty Images)

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History Traveller, part 2: St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The British Museum in London

Virtual museum and monument tours: how to explore the wonders of history from your home

The Church of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury

Q&A What is the oldest church in England?

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

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Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate in a crowd scene from Oberammergau's 2010 Passion Play. The Bavarian town stages the mammoth production once every ten years, with a cast made up entirely of local residents. (Photo by Brigitte Maria Mayer Passionsspiele Oberammergau 2020)

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Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.

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One of many historic sites in Luxembourg. Larochette's castle dominates the town below.

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The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral

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Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)

10 historical haunted sites across Britain

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It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)

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