I have! I've 'walked' the streets of many foreign cities, just to get a look. I love to do that!
Sao Paulo, Brazil, is a favorite. I've actually been to Tijuana. Actually I think it's looking better in the last couple of decades.
When I first visited there in the 1960s it was very sad.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.