El Paso

El Paso, Texas - darkometer rating : 2 - The westernmost city of Texas, USA , right on the border river that separates the richest nation in America from its poor and troubled neighbour Mexico . Across this border lies Juarez, currently the "murder capital" of the world. Other than that rather unhappy neighbourhood, El Paso itself has a couple of museums that may be of interest to the dark tourist. However, El Paso is hardly a prime destination in its own right, but can serve as a well-located stopover on tours of the south-west of the US. > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos What there is to see: While the main attraction of El Paso to tourists of any type is primarily its location, it also offers a small handful of things to do for the dark tourist, even though none of them are really top-league material. Unfortunately, when I passed through El Paso (in April 2012) I didn't even have the time to check out the following places … I only had one afternoon, which I used for a quick trip to Juarez (see under 'dark combinations' below). So only a brief overview can be given here: The El Paso Holocaust Museum is yet another one of the many such institutions one can find in various cities in the USA (cf. e.g. Dallas ). This incarnation, founded by a Holocaust survivor, is small but tries to cover the history and background of the Holocaust quite comprehensively through video presentations and interpretative panels; its centre piece in the 'final solution' section is a railcar that visitors "board" as part of the illustration of the deportations to the extermination camps … Address: 715 N Oregon St, on the corner of W Yandell Dr; opening times: Tue-Fri 9 a.m.