With a magnitude of 8, it remains the deadliest earthquake in recorded history, causing widespread destruction across Shaanxi ...

Visiting sites associated with tragedy as a tourist raises uncomfortable questions. Here are the things to consider when ...

Victims’ advocacy organizations continue to demand fair compensation and criticize the tourist use of the factory 40 years ...

Throughout history, people have been poking ... jokes or memes about death, disaster and destruction, you might just have a dark sense of humor. Also known as Black Humor, Dictionary.com defines ...

Dark tourism – which is generally defined by darktourism.com as travel to places that are associated with death, tragedy or ...

The end of this Golden Age was also an era of natural disasters. Between the late seventeenth and the mid-eighteenth century, Dutch communities weathered numerous calamities, including river and ...

Exploring Cornwall's dark and mysterious past and history of gruesome murders, wreckers and smugglers, ghouls and beast could help boost year round tourism. That's the view of Rob Vickery, the man ...

Disasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the ...