Visitors can now explore the King's Tower at Corfe Castle in Dorset, England, for the first time in nearly 400 years. A new stairway installed inside the keep allows visitors to see up close the ...

Visible in Scotland, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 2, 1133, featured nearly 4½ minutes of totality. This eclipse provides just one of many historical examples of people wrongly associating a ...

The life of King Henry I of England could be mistaken for a subplot in “Game of Thrones”: He acquired the throne after bloody wars with his brothers, was as well-educated and cunning as he was harsh ...

When the sinking of the White Ship decimated England’s line of succession and threw the kingdom into chaos in 1120, one teenage girl was the only heir to the British throne left standing. Even with ...