Each day, tens of thousands of visitors pour through Beijing's Forbidden City to see the 178-acre walled compound The largest and most famous museum in the world got its start as a palace. Hint: It's ...

To quote Mel Brooks, it's good to be the king. Or a duke, prince, nawab, Graf or tsarina, for that matter. And real estate is a big part of the reason. Regardless of the continent, civilization or era ...

Building wrecks come in all shapes and sizes, but when a palace falls apart, it tends to attract a greater level of fascination. That’s the premise behind a new book, “Abandoned Palaces,” which ...