Places Added by Alan Newman

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

In this coastal town, the time-honored tradition of reenacting the struggle between the Christians and Moors includes the arrival of the Moorish fleet.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

A tiny island home to a former English slave fort.

Why is there a vintage Rolls Royce in this Buddhist temple?

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.