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Alan Newman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Retired university professor.

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  • Minneapolis
  • San Francisco

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Abandoned Scar House Village

Harrogate, England

Abandoned Scar House Village

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.

Moot Hall

Wirksworth, England

Moot Hall

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

Villa Rosario.

Banyeres de Mariola, Spain

Valencian Paper Museum

A lovely look back at the manufacture and use of paper in all its forms.

In the toy museum.

Ibi, Spain

Old Payá Toy Factory

Ibi's pioneering toy factory now houses two small but mighty museums.

The Archibald Dickson memorial.

Alicante, Spain

Archibald Dickson Memorial

A monument at Alicante Marina honors a little-known hero of the Spanish Civil War.

One of the sculptures.

Ibi, Spain

The Walking Students of Ibi

Oversized versions of a beloved toy dot a children's playground in a Spanish toymaking town.

Medieval Aqueduct of Biar

Biar, Spain

Medieval Aqueduct of Biar

This 15th-century aqueduct with distinctive pointed arches was used for irrigation in the Vinalopó valley.

The sculpture in the traffic roundabout.

Ibi, Spain

Toy Autogyro Sculpture

This fantastic sculpture of an early model helicopter celebrates the local toy industry.

The sculpture.

Ibi, Spain

Ibi Toy Locomotive Sculpture

An enormous roadside attraction in the heart of Spain's toy-making hub.

Pozo de Nieve Roundabout

Ibi, Spain

Pozo de Nieve Roundabout

A replica of the ice houses that once formed the basis of a local ice cream industry sits proudly in the middle of traffic.

The chimney in the middle of the woods.

Copley, England

Copley Chimney

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

The abbey ruins.

County Durham, England

Egglestone Abbey

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

High Force.

Forest-in-Teesdale, England

High Force and Low Force Waterfalls

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

The Head of the Moor

Alicante, Spain

The Head of the Moor

Legends surround this natural rock formation that looks like a Moorish king wearing a crown.

The Volvo Ocean Race Museum.

Alicante, Spain

Volvo Ocean Race Museum

This interactive museum highlights the history and philosophy of one of the world's most difficult sailing races.

The Kiplingcotes Derby, 2015.

Kiplingcotes, England

Kiplingcotes Derby

You don't have to be a professional jockey to ride in Britain's oldest horse race.

The Old Queens Head

Sheffield, England

The Old Queens Head

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

The Middleton Railway

Hunslet, England

The Middleton Railway

The first railway line to successfully use a steam powered locomotive

The statue just after it was completed

Ilkeston, England

The Ilkeston Giant Statue

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

Bielefeld Viaduct.

Bielefeld, Germany

Bielefeld Viaduct

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

The High Bridge and Glory Hole.

Lincoln, England

High Bridge

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

The memorial.

West Auckland, England

'First World Cup' Memorial

This memorial depicts the unlikely team that won England the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.

The funeral train when it was displayed in York.

Shildon, England

Winston Churchill's Funeral Train

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

The Hubs

Sheffield City Centre, England

The Hubs

This university building was once voted the ugliest building in the world.

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