In the Lafourche Parish community of Valentine, the water tower features a heart. Rayne, known for its annual frog festival, has a city logo with a frog on its water tank. Transylvania in East ...

Transylvania's abandoned Saxon villages were ... The guesthouse business has been booming, with the tower in a church now being converted into a bedroom, and the idea is spreading.

A bat on Transylvania's water tower welcomes travelers driving north on U.S. 65 to the community. Turns out, Boyd is right. Historical references point to the early 19th century, when a man ...

massive stone towers with battlements and sentry walkways surrounded by walls with reinforced gates and defensive trenches. Some 150 of these mighty fortress churches remain in Transylvania today ...

Exploring Transylvania comes with promises of medieval ... panoramic views of Copsa Mare should consider visiting the bell tower at the Biserica Evanghelica Fortificata. The 184-foot bell tower ...

Come summertime, they often search out church towers, spending the daylight hours gathered in tight bundles for companionship. But as dusk falls across Transylvania, the bats start to come alive.

Andreea Campeanu for The New York Times Supported by By David Segal Reporting from Transylvania There isn’t a front desk or even a lobby at the Prince of Wales Guesthouse, a trio of rustic ...

Matca is the Romanian word for “queen bee,” the name a reference to the beekeeping practiced in this honey-producing corner of Transylvania and also to the pastoral serenity of a region that ...

Travelers driving north on U.S. 65 are greeted by a bat looming at the center of its water tower some 165 feet ... Boyd's question about the origins of Transylvania's name. The Baker resident ...