The Transalpina is Romania’s highest road, rising through the Carpathians like a silver ribbon. The air is cool, the turns are sharp, and the view stretches for miles. Each curve reveals another layer ...

Long before he became Dracula, he was Vlad, Son of the Dragon. Born into a kingdom caught between the Ottoman Empire and Hungary, Vlad grew up in a world of shifting loyalties, religious wars, and ...

Two films premiered during the 2025 fall festival season that used generative AI as part of their creative process. Neither director of these films is a cheerleader for the technology, at least not in ...

In the riverside town of Vidin in Bulgaria, I was briefly king of the castle. I had the medieval citadel to myself. Looming over the Danube, the fortress was known for centuries as the guardhouse to ...