Visit this centuries-old castle high above a riverside city in Germany that tells a story of resilience with a history that ...

Germany wears its history openly. In its medieval towns, time doesn’t just linger, it breathes. Cobbled lanes twist past ...

Radiocarbon dating indicates the pod predates the earliest known records of vanilla’s presence in Europe, according to the study. Photo by J. Irmišová et al. (2025.) Hidden beneath the floorboards of ...

Hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Europe’s oldest castles, a vanilla pod sat buried in a mixture of dirt and rubble. While it might not seem like anything out of the ordinary, this pod may ...