Long before it helped to inspire Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland, Neuschwanstein was a refuge for Germany’s King Ludwig II of Bavaria who spent much of his kingdom’s fortune building ...

Road Trip 2011: King Ludwig II bankrupted his state of Bavaria by building this fairytale castle, which was still under construction at the time of his mysterious death at age 41.

E veryone has come to know and love the image of the castle that plays before all your favorite Disney movies, the soaring ...

Getty Images. Ludwig II's reputation as an eccentric, reclusive king makes it easy to see why Neuschwanstein Castle is so often called "the castle of the fairy-tale king." ...

A visit to Neuschwanstein - inspiration for Sleeping Beauty Castle in Disneyland - provides a look at Bavaria's creative King Ludwig II.

Castles of Mad King Ludwig, a castle-building board game, tasks players with building extravagant castles for King Ludwig of Bavaria. Castles are constructed one room at a time, with a different ...

On his death, Ludwig's castles were seized and opened to the public as museums. Neuschwanstein opened just seven weeks after his death, with only 14 of the more than 200 planned rooms completed.

The mountain castles of the late King of Bavaria were closed for the season on Friday week. The entrance fees during the ten weeks that they have been open to the public amounted to upward of 10,000.

The "fairy tale king" Ludwig II grew up in Hohenschwangau - but the castle is known today mainly because it is within sight of the world-famous Neuschwanstein Castle.

“Mad” King Ludwig led a forbidden double life. He entertained a succession of gay lovers and spent millions on fairytale castles and lavish works of art. Living in his own enchanted dream ...