Is it normal that i want to visit really dangerous places?

Okay, let me make myself clear - I have no desire to visit Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere like that. Those places are war zones and I know that if I go there, I'll probably get beheaded by ISIS or the Taliban...not fun.

However, I feel differently about dangerous places on my own continent. Ever since I found out that I am living just outside of one of America's most dangerous cities (St. Louis), I have had an urge to visit St. Louis' worst neighborhoods, North St. Louis and East St. Louis. Seriously, East St. Louis is really, really bad!!! The fact that it's so awful makes me want to see it even more just so I can see how bad it is with my own eyes.

As I've read more and more about the city, I kind of want to go to Detroit now, too. The decay and decimation fascinates me and when I took a brief drive through North St. Louis, my heart started racing and it didn't stop until I was back in the good side of town. It was a better adrenaline rush than going on a roller coaster! Since it's so near where I live, I could barely resist the urge to go to Ferguson, but by the time I was ready to go there, the riots had ended and everything was back to normal.

The problem is that going to all these dangerous places dramatically increases my chances of getting robbed, carjacked, kidnapped, attacked, or killed - I realize all this and that's why I never leave my car when driving through a dangerous neighborhood. Whenever I go to a bad area, I want to go to an even worse area just to prove to myself how tough I am and to get an even better adrenaline rush.

I am seriously considering a road trip to Northern Mexico to see Copper Canyon and other sights in the region. I mostly got interested in Northern Mexico in the first place because it was relatively near me and there was lots of drug cartel violence, however, the fact that it's less familiar to me than the bad areas of my hometown scares me - it would be my first trip to a dangerous foreign country. However, I feel that the combination of dramatic scenery and volatile security would give me the ultimate adrenaline rush.

Am I crazy for doing all this stuff? Will something bad eventually happen to me if I keep intentionally going to dangerous areas? Also, where do you think I should go next, Detroit or Northern Mexico? Detroit is nearer and more familiar, but Northern Mexico would probably be ultimately more rewarding as it would give me the chance to experience a truly different culture and extreme scenery, as well as a greater sense of danger because of the foreign-ness and brutality of the Mexican Drug War. Let me know what you think in the comments section.