Gas masks, glitter and ghosts.
Fact and fantasy collide at the Penang War Museum in Malaysia.
The abandoned Yugoslav monument where toads go to die.
Digital psychogeography & the gamification of dark tourism.
37 monuments in 30 days, and what I learned along the way.
Meeting the survivors of the longest siege in modern military history.
The abandoned island that Dubrovnik wants to forget.
Visiting battlefields, monuments & political flashpoints, 15 years after the end of the Kosovo War.
Exploring the abandoned prison where a Romanian dictator once languished in solitary confinement.
The Bohemian Blog is an alternative travel journal, dedicated to exploring the bizarre, the macabre and other secret wonders of the world.
Darmon Richter is a travel writer, tour guide and researcher, with a particular interest in ideological architecture.