Bram Stoker did a pretty darn good job promoting Transylvania. I’m sure you must have heard about Dracula! Although my post is not Dracula-related, I’m still going to quote him: “Once again…welcome to my house. Come freely. Go safely, and leave something of the happiness you bring.” I’m a

Source: Atlas Obscura Have you ever tried a barbecued cake from Transylvania? If not, you’ll want to add the chimney cake to your bucket list of culinary curiosities. Kürtőskalács originates in the Hungarian-speaking regions of Romania. It gets the nickname “chimney cake” from its cylindrical

“I guess we are all a bit fascinated by death”, says Victor, carver of these beautifully macabre animal skulls. Victor is from Transylvania, Romania, and started carving the skulls after being arrested for possession of drugs four years ago. “I started carving skulls because I was forced to quit

Source: Atlas Obscura Although most churches remain the same denomination for their entire history, St. Michael’s Cathedral in Transylvania has held five different religious affiliations over the course of seven centuries, making it perhaps the most bandwagoning church in Romania. After being

The Untold Festival in Transylvania (ancestral land of Dracula, King of the Vampires) is offering free tickets to the festival being headlined by Avicii, David Guetta, and Wu-Tang Clan to anyone willing to donate their blood. That’s right, there is a mysterious blood shortage in Transylvania