Travel Sight With a dark history

A new institute in the UK will examine the phenomenon of "dark tourism" as the increasing popularity of tourist attractions with the theme of death, suffering, or the creepy stuff. Here is a list of some popular sights dark.

Pere Lachaise - Paris

Some famous figures such as Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Frederic Chopin, Molière, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison was buried in the largest cemetery in Paris. Visitors from around the world come to see them.

Ground Zero - New York

Millions of visitors make a pilgrimage to the founding of the collapsed World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. In this place now stands Memorial 9/11, and a museum will also open this year.

World War I - Ypres, Belgium

The area around Ypres had become a fierce battle of World War I. In this city now stands Menin Gate to commemorate soldiers who were not buried, and the In Flanders Fields Museum. Thousands of people visit these places every year.

Auschwitz-Birkenau - Oswiecim, Poland

The remaining part of World War II concentration camp is preserved to commemorate the 1.1 million people who died here. The place is now a tourist attraction, with visitors from around the world, with a museum, guided tours and art collection.

Old Melbourne Gaol - Melbourne, Australia

Old Melbourne Gaol is one of the most popular tourist attraction in Melbourne despite its dark past full - first place is the place of execution for 135 prisoners.

Titanic Museum - Belfast, Ireland

Opened this year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of Titanic disaster, Belfast Titanic Museum is located on the slipway where RMS Titanic was built and tells the story of the construction until the end of the story of the ship, at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.

Choeung Ek - Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Better known as the "Killing Fields", Cambodia, Choeung Ek was founded as a reminder of the horrors inflicted by the Khmer Rouge. Human bones and teeth are still scattered across the site.

Hiroshima Peace Museum - Hiroshima, Japan

More than one million people each year visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, which displays the belongings of the victims of the atomic bomb that was dropped there in 1945. The museum is divided into several parts and tells the story of Hiroshima by the bomb, and the damage caused by the bomb.