On May 8, 1950, the police in Silkeborg, Denmark were called to a potential murder scene. A couple of local peat cutters (Viggo and Emil Hojgaard) had discovered a body in a bog near Bjældskovdal. However, the police quickly realized … Read More
I love a good road trip. On one of my travels, I drove from London to Mongolia in a Fiat, I have checked out the entire east coast of Australia over 6 months living out the back of a Holden … Read More
Grytviken, South Georgia has fascinated me for years. It’s inhospitable nature at the far end of the world, along with being the final resting place of the great Sir Ernest Shackleton gives it a special place in my imagination. And … Read More
The Hanging Coffins of Sagada is a strange sight and is part of a tradition that is believed to go back 2,000 years. The clue is the name of course. The people of Igorot Sagada, within Luzon in the Philippines … Read More
If you’re looking for a dark tourist location in Palermo, Sicily you need to head to the Catacombs at the Capuchin Monastery. This bizarre and somewhat morbid tourist attraction contains almost 8,000 corpses, most of which are dressed as if … Read More
Leuk may be a small town but it has a long history. Situated in Switzerland’s Rhone Valley, (not far from a bunch of popular Rhone-Alpes thermal spas), the Romans liked to hang out here. In fact, the first church in … Read More
Visiting the Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM cave) in Belize is quite the experience. The name translates as “Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre,” and once you make it inside (the journey is a small adventure in itself) the Mayan artifacts are … Read More
One for the bucket list for intrepid dark tourists has to be Roopkund Lake, otherwise known as Skeleton Lake in India. Situated in the Uttarakhand Himalayas, getting there is no easy task. Not only do you need to be physically … Read More
No prizes guessing what’s on offer at this particular dark tourist site. Three hours drive from Belgrade, in the small Serbian town of Niš is a grisly historical monument that serves to remind us of the barbaric nature of empire. … Read More
As far as towns go, it doesn’t get much more charming than Hallstatt in Austria. Tucked away at the edge of a forested mountain in the Austrian Alps, complete with the crystal blue waters of Hallstatt lake, it’s a destination … Read More
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For anyone up for a macabre photo opportunity that wouldn’t offend, (see my point on taking selfies at Dark Tourist destinations to understand more on that); the statue of René de Chalon’s rotting corpse at the Saint-Étienne church, in Bar-le-Duc is … Read More
Dargavs Village, also known as the City of the Dead is one of many mysterious dark tourist sites you can visit in Russia. It’s location, tucked away among the ridges of the Caucasus mountains, mean that only the most committed … Read More
The city of Guanajuato in central Mexico has a bizarre attraction that is a must-see for any dark tourist. The Museo de las Momias de Guanajuato is a museum with over 100 mummies that have been exhumed in a natural mummified state from a … Read More
On the 16th of October 2006, two Russian men walked along Grosvenor Street, a wealthy area of central London. Their names were Andrei Lugovoy and Dmitry Kovtun and they had been sent to this location under very special circumstances. In … Read More