WASHINGTON  A historic Transylvanian castle that may have once imprisoned Vlad the Impaler  likely inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula  still stands today.
Bran Castle, medieval stronghold in the Transylvanian Alps (Southern Carpathian Mountains) of Braov county, central Romania. Popularly if inaccurately identified with the fictional Castle Dracula, Bran Castle is one of Romania's top tourist attractions.