Illustrated guide-book on the most mysterious and tragic corners of our planet.There is a splash of popularity of dark tourism in the last decade. It is the first book, where in a comfortable and enthralling form more than 300 gloomy objects are collected in 90 countries (including Russia, Ukraine and Belorussia). From medical museums and burial vaults to the cities-ghosts and extreme landscape, from the places of military operations to the nuclear grounds. Each, who aspires to the trips filled with sense, will find here something for itself.Information in a book is presented first-hand: author Петер Хоэнхаус visited all described places almost. Great number of photos in a book also his authorship.From an authorI addict to the trips and a long ago interested in modern history in that, as is generally known, many gloomy heads. At some instant I discovered that a concept is "dark tourism", uniting both my fascinations. Actually, first seeing this term (he met to me in 2007), I already was a "dark tourist". Only for a year to it I visited Chornobyl, by a year before - in North Korea, and in 2003 visited an island Роббен in South Africa.About dark tourism it is written much, however practical recommendations for travellers taking interest to them, until now did not seize obviously. And I created the web-site of dark - tourism.com, on that I not only give advices to the travellers but also lay out base information, share the personal impressions and photos. To present tense, having pick-a-back hundred trips in hundreds of countries, I became a specialist in this theme. As a result there was an idea to write a book.Sometimes about dark tourism write in the negative key - medias are created round him by too much noise. Maybe, someone it seems to that words "dark" and "tourism" conflict with each other, especially if "dark" interpret only as "bad", and "tourism" is equated exceptionally with rest. But not all travellers want simply to run from the way of life. Many aspire to greater, than to "leave where eyes look" - vice versa, during trips they want consciously to submerge in other, but the real world. Dark tourism - one of methods to obtain it, thus mostly quite legal. If you some time were in a memorial museum or stood at the grave of the known man, so, you too adjoined with dark tourism. It be possible to say, that almost each of us in one or another degree dark tourist - even sometimes.This edition is not the digest of web-site : a book initially began to think as a review of gloomy places on our planet, and, I hope, she will kindle your stomach for their research - regardless of whether there are you by an active traveller or "travel", being at a home in a comfortable arm-chair. In any case my aim - to inspire you on own adventures and give to you in hands cognitive atlas for the new opening.Whom this book is forFor those, who is interested in dark tourismFor those, who searches new directions for trips, and those, who traditional tourism boredFor all, who is interested in modern history