Ludorf Manor, in the former East Germany, was a wreck when Manfred Achtenhagen bought it in 1998. Built in 1698 by Baron von Knuth, it had been plundered and expropriated as "class-enemy property" by ...

WARSAW, Poland – Thinking of a dip in the Baltic Sea to cool off from the unusually scorching European summer? It's too hot for that. Authorities in Poland this week banned swimming at over 50 beaches ...

The restorative powers of sea air and sunshine have been championed for centuries. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes. In August, the mercury hovers around the low to mid ...

A marvelous mashup of historic and modern architectural treasures awaits visitors to Szczecin, a busy Baltic Sea port tucked into the northwest corner of Poland. The city’s medieval castle reminded me ...

A 187-foot-long Russian military hovercraft abruptly landed on a crowded Baltic beach shocking sunbathers as it roared ashore. The 555-ton Zubr-class vessel is the world's largest hovercraft, and was ...

In this photo taken Wednesday July 25, 2018, the waters of Zegrze Reservoir made green by cyanobacteria bloom that has led authorities to ban bathers from getting into the water, in Zegrze, near ...