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Alan Newman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Retired university professor.

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  • Nature & Outdoors
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  • Minneapolis
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The Canal de Castilla

Alar del Rey, Spain

The Canal de Castilla

This ambitious 18th century project never achieved its aim as a means of navigation but remains an essential component of agriculture and water supply in central Spain

Lamp 1 on Stewart Rd

Nether Edge, England

Sheffield's Six Sewer Gas Lamps Race

A challenge course around 6 of the surviving sewer gas destructor lamps in south and west Sheffield

The Wicker Bull

Castle Douglas, Scotland

The Wicker Bull

This woven willow statue represents a popular local breed of beef cattle in SW Scotland

Tis Grias Ta Pania

Samothraki, Greece

Tis Grias Ta Pania

This unusual geological formation on the coast of Samothraki has an interesting, if unlikely, story about how it was formed

The dome-in the 17th century this had a mosaic of Christ on it

Cagliari, Italy

The Basilica and Necroplis of San Saturnino

During the reconstruction of this ancient church, the multiple layers of burials that it held were revealed to archaeologists

Dolly Peel Statue

South Shields, England

Dolly Peel Statue

The statue of a remarkable woman placed on a historic hillside with an almost forgotten story

Fassone Reed boat

Santa Giusta, Italy

The Santa Giusta Lagoon

The third largest lagoon in Sardinia is the historic home of the Is Fassõis reed boats

Looking East along Wylam Wagonway

Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Lemington Staithes and the Wylam Waggonway

The route and destination of the coal trains pulled by the famous "Puffing Billy" and its twin, the "Wylam Dilly"

Nightime

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Nuala with the Hula

A towering steel-and-bronze figure whose playful nickname outshines its official message of hope

The Concrete Barge at Winthorpe Lake

Newark, England

The Concrete Barge at Winthorpe Lake

This fishing lake has become something of a graveyard for redundant river barges, including a historic WW2 example made from concrete

North Portal and the Horse tunnel

Shrewley, England

Shrewley Canal Tunnel

This late 18th century canal tunnel has an unusual feature to improve the life of the draught horses

Oxcroft Estate

Worksop, England

Oxcroft Estate

The legacy of a social experiment of the 1930s funded by Andrew Carnegie's Charity is a dispersed group of 40 houses of identical original design dotted across 400 acres of Derbyshire agricultural land

Two out of Four Fountains

Messina, Italy

Two out of Four Fountains

These two remaining restored marble fountains were part of a set of four which graced the corners of an important crossroads in Messina until the earthquake of 1908

Energia Mediterranea

Motta d'Affermo, Italy

Fumara d'Arte

A vast open air art museum on the north coast of Sicily

Sliding rail bridge

Keadby, England

Keadby's Moveable Bridges

This small north Lincolnshire village is blessed with examples of three different types of moveable bridge

The Canelobre Caves

Busot, Spain

The Canelobre Caves

This magnificent tourist cave, with the highest ceiling of any in Spain, was once an anti-fascist arms dump and war factory and is now a concert venue

Mural above the chancel arch and decorated ceiling

Retford, England

Saint Peter's, Clayworth

This 12th-century church is home to England's largest Phoebe Traquair murals

Callendar House and Park

Falkirk, Scotland

Callendar House and Park

An amazing house in a park in the middle of Falkirk

Decoration in the Uraeus tomb

Cagliari, Italy

Tuvixeddu Necropolis

The world's largest Punic necropolis

Mermaid Tables

Scarborough, England

Mermaid Tables

These erosion formations on the wave cut platform have a natural explanation

Hall Leys Park Clocktower

Matlock, England

Hall Leys Park Clocktower

A remnant of the steepest street tramway in the world

Castle Ruffo of San Lucido

San Lucido, Italy

Castle Ruffo of San Lucido

This ancient castle, built to defend against attacks by Turkish pirates, was the birthplace of a local revolutionary hero

View showing the Pio VI canal as it enters the port.

Terracina, Italy

The Canals of Terracina

Within this ancient town, these canals provide a Venice-like ambiance, but outside the town they still play an important drainage role, and in WW2 they were used in an attempt at biological warfare

Leek Monument

Leek, England

Leek Monument

One of the tallest war memorials in the UK is known locally as Sir Arthur's wristwatch

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