Why it's good to see where bad things happened

When planning your holiday you aren’t likely to put memorial sites, prisons, battlefields or places of struggle and other atrocities on the top of your list. We usually look for the prettiest places to visit, the natural wonders, or the best places to get in tune with the locals. We don’t always schedule in time for the ‘darker’ side of the places that we visit (although that depends: what kind of tourist are you?) Some cities are all about the good, the beautiful and…