In the riverside town of Vidin in Bulgaria, I was briefly king of the castle. I had the medieval citadel to myself. Looming over the Danube, the fortress was known for centuries as the guardhouse to ...

Among the most popular books of the time, bestiaries were filled with real and mythical animals and their lore, the protagonists of intriguing stories symbolizing human virtues and faults.

Scottish bagpiper Julie Brinklow assumed the swelling in her chest was just a “bigger muscle” from playing the bagpipes Julie Brinklow / SWNS Julie Brinklow, a prominent bagpiper from Scotland, ...

Julie Brinklow, a prominent bagpiper from Scotland, dismissed “bigger muscle” in her right breast as a side effect of playing the bagpipes When her partner insisted she go to the doctor, she was told ...

A woman says she had thought an unusual bump on her chest had been caused by playing the bagpipes - but it turned out to be breast cancer. Julie Brinklow, of Ellon, Aberdeen, first noticed the odd ...

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND—BBC News reports that traces of medieval structures were uncovered during an investigation conducted by researchers from GUARD Archaeology ahead of a construction project in the ...

Hundreds gathered in the golden warmth of an autumn afternoon on Sunday for a multi-generational celebration of nature. Bagpipes & Bonfire, generally held on the last Sunday in September, is Lake ...

Born and raised in High Point, musician Joey Whitaker now lives in Brunswick County. Yesterday, a memorial at the American Fish Company became his stage. ICE, CBP seize 400 firearms hidden in fake ...

The 21-year-old was hired last year by the Timber Mesa Fire and Medical District. He was 15 days short of his one-year anniversary when he died in a head-on crash. What we know about Thomas Jacob ...

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. (WLS) -- Anyone who's been to Schaumburg's Medieval Times might recognize Mario Contreras as the King's Master of Horse, but Mario Contreras is not just acting. Growing up in a small ...