Bran Castle (epa) PRAGUE, May 26, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- Romanian authorities today officially handed over Bran Castle in the southern Carpathian Mountains to Dominic of Habsburg, the legal heir to the ...

The most heavy-handed showing of Dracula’s impact on Bran Castle can be seen in the gift shop. It’s been documented in both academia and among fans that both Dracula and Vlad the Impaler were ...

THE “true” home of Dracula where bloodthirsty Vlad the Impaler lived is set to open to the public. Until five years ago, Poienari Castle in the city of Curtea de Arge, Romania, had… ...

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Danger lurks at Dracula's castle. Romanian authorities have closed a 13th-century fortress connected to Vlad the Impaler after a mother bear and her cubs were found ...

BRAN CASTLE, Romania — Dracula’s castle will have overnight guests on Halloween, marking the first time since 1948 that anyone has slept in the Transylvanian fortress. The site’s actual… ...

It was Vlad’s dad, she said, who became known as “Vlad Dracul, after a brave Order of the Dragon (draco in Latin means dragon). His son became Vlad Dracula, meaning son of the dragon.

BRAN CASTLE, Romania — Dracula’s castle will have overnight guests on Halloween, marking the first time since 1948 that anyone has slept in the Transylvanian fortress. The site’s actual name ...

Romania’s imposing Poenari Castle, once home to Vlad the Impaler, has been taken over by a new—and suitably fearsome—occupants. As the BBC reports, the castle was recently shut down to ...

While there's far more to Transylvania than Dracula shtick, there's no denying the allure of Dracula-themed tours, visiting sites linked to both the literary "Dracula" and the real-life Vlad Tepes ...