Bran Castle, the inspiration for Dracula, is entering a new era of international tourism under American ownership. U.S.

Joel Weinshanker, a businessman behind Graceland and Party City, has acquired a majority stake in Bran Castle's operations.

For years, internet users have shared a sepia-toned photo of a castle on a hill and identified it in captions as an authentic photo, taken in the 1920s, of the abandoned castle of the real Dracula, ...