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Alan Newman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Retired university professor.

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My Travel Interests

Architecture & Design
History & Conflict
Infrastructure & Industry
Nature & Outdoors
Science & Technology

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London
Minneapolis
San Francisco

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Main Fourvière theatre.

Lyon, France

Ancient Roman Theaters of Lyon

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.

Millau Viaduct

Creissels, France

Millau Viaduct

The world's tallest bridge is also possibly the most elegant.

Baden-Powell at the 1907 experimental camp

England

Brownsea Island, site of the first ever Boy Scout Camp

Caves at Crewell Crags

Worksop, England

Ice Age Cave Dwellings at Creswell Crags

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

Monument at Brazilian Cemetery of Pistoia

Pistoia, Italy

Brazilian Military Cemetery of Pistoia

A memorial to Brazil's little-known role in World War II.

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway

Intempo by the sea.

Benidorm, Spain

Intempo Building

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed

The Verne Citadel

England

The Verne Citadel

Portland Community College with its stormwater education plaza, stop 23

Portland, Oregon

The stormwater management bicycle tour.

In WW2 the Cap was a wild place but is now much more developed.

Antibes, France

HMS Unbroken monument, Antibes

Locheed F104G Starfighter

Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs Air Museum

Wellington Monument with Birchen Edge in the background

Bakewell, England

The Baslow Monuments to Nelson & Wellington

The Toad.

England

Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

St. Mary and All Saints Church's spire.

Chesterfield, England

Chesterfield's Crooked Spire

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

George Stephenson's front door.

Chesterfield, England

Tapton House

The former home of a railway legend and the site of a gigantic labyrinth.

View from the cable car.

Matlock Bath, England

The Heights of Abraham, an 18th century tourist attraction

Striding Edge from Hellvelyn, Red Tarn on the left

Penrith, England

Striding Edge, Helvellyn

Blacktip reef shark, the species of shark found on shark reef (photo taken in the Maldives)

Sri Lanka

Shark Point Reef

One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.

Roman Theatre of Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain

Roman Theatre of Cartagena

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.

Looking East towards Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain

Bateria de Castillitos

The two massive guns that defended Cartagena Bay.

Entrance to museum, The modern museum entrance clings to the hillside just behind the trees

Cartagena, Spain

Cartagena's Civil War Shelter Museum

World's Largest Shoe?

Elda, Spain

Elda Footwear Museum

This Spanish shoe museum has history, has design, and has a pair of Rafael Nadal's tennies!

Statue of Shiva (painted gold in 2012)

Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

Koneswaram Temple

An ancient temple to the Hindu god Shiva surrounded by jaw-dropping scenery.

The Treasure

Villena, Spain

Treasure of Villena

A significant cache of prehistoric valuables is on display in an unassuming museum tucked inside a town hall.