The Alcatraz Tour is a must for all visitors travelling California and specifically San Francisco. This notorious prison island is located just 30 minutes away by tour boat. This dark tourism location in California is one of the top highlights to see during a visit…
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Exploring Dark Tourism Locations Worldwide
During our travels we also like to explore the darker side of tourism, called dark tourism. Dark tourism can be defined as a tourist who is curious and intrigued to explore locations of abandonment, natural disasters or places of violence. Two top dark tourism locations…
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Chernobyl Disaster: Exploring The Unbeaten Path In Ukraine
Chernobyl Disaster, now more than 32 years ago. The city of Chernobyl, and dark tourism locations in general are becoming more popular to visit by tourists. Curious of the past and seeing it for their own eyes, the destruction and aftermath of a nuclear disaster….
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Abandoned Ghost Town Doel, Belgium
The abandoned ghost town Doel is situated next to the Antwerp Port close to the border of the Netherlands. This little Belgian village was once home to bustling locals in the seventies, now reduced to a merely 20 of left over residents. Now for those…
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City Visit To Albert: Battle of Somme Guide To The WW1 highlights
Our city visit to Albert is the perfect Northern France base to seek out many memorable and historic locations of World War One. Such as the Lochnagar Crater, Somme Museum and the Thiepval Memorial. You can also explore the graveyards, other museums and many memorials surrounding the small…
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Weekend in Ypres: Full Itinerary Seeking The Historic Locations Of WW1
A weekend in Ypres is the perfect location base to seek out the historic and memorable locations of World War One. You can explore the WW1 no man lands battlefield locations and original trenches surrounding the small medieval city, as well as the museums like In Flanders…
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Bodie State Park: A Historic Abandoned Mining Ghost Town in California
We arrived at Bodie State Park late afternoon after driving all the way from Las Vegas through Death Valley. Located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, it was easy to find from our drive up from Mono Lake. Highway 395 towards Bridgeport has some great views over the…
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Intimidating Area 51 and Spotting Aliens on the Extraterrestrial Highway
Nevada is the home to the famous Area 51, a highly classified secret military base, that is otherwise known as the base that is subject to conspiracy theories regarding unidentified flying objects. Our 2 week road trip through America had to include something random and this…
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