Bran Castle, Romanian Castelul Bran, a medieval stronghold in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathian Mountains) of Brașov county, central Romania. Popularly—if inaccurately—identified with the ...

As Halloween edges closer, the yearning to do more spooky and fun fall activities pulls me in. Every year, I attempt to pack my late September to end of October with the usuals: marathons of Halloween ...

Visitors to Bran Castle can join a tour or explore some of its former occupants' rooms on their own, including King Ferdinand's dining room, the music room and Queen Marie's bedroom.

I’ve never celebrated Halloween before – it never really existed where I grew up in Australia. But here I was in the mysterious land of Transylvania, where bloodthirsty vampires hide, dressed as ...

Although this remarkable fortress has weathered centuries of war, poverty and multiple political empires, Bran Castle is most famous for being the assumed residence of Dracula. Vlad Tepes, the ...

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU, Romania- One weekend in late November 2015, soldiers of 5th Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment got a chance to step away from their tanks to participate in the Morale, Welfare and ...