Old Fort Niagara is launching into a year-long celebration to mark the 300th anniversary of the iconic French Castle. Built in 1726, the French Castle is the oldest building in the entire Great Lakes ...

NORTHERN BURGUNDY, France — Deep in a forest of France's Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a medieval castle the old-fashioned way — that is, with tools and methods from the late ...

Castles can be magnificent and imposing buildings. It took Kings, counts or barons years, if not decades to erect. These men usually had a considerable number of people helping the construction.

Construction is afoot at Guédelon castle, in France's northern Burgundy region, where builders and crafts people are using tools and methods from the Middle Ages. (Cristina Baussan for NPR) NORTHERN ...

Deep in a forest in the Burgundy region, a group of enthusiasts is building a castle the medieval way — no motorized machines included. In France, workers build a castle from scratch the 13th century ...