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Alan Newman

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Retired university professor.

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  • Minneapolis
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Beck Isle, England

Beck Isle Museum

A small, but fascinating, museum recording rural and small town life with an emphasis on the North York Moors area

The Mining Art Gallery.

Bishop Auckland, England

The Mining Art Gallery

An art gallery dedicated to art works by coal miners which depict work in the mines and life in the former British mining communities.

Information  board

Pickering, England

Rosedale Chimney Bank Top

Claimed to be the steepest asphalt covered motor road in England and possibly the steepest in Great Britain leads to a historical landscape at the summit.

Colman's temple as it is today with original public toilet building on the right.

South Shields, England

Colman's Seafood Temple

Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.

Glowing water pools in Can Marça Cave

Ibiza, Spain

Cueva de Can Marçà

Inside a former smuggler's cave, an artificial waterfall and light show.

Escalinata del Óvalo

Teruel, Spain

Escalinata del Óvalo

This grandiose staircase was part of the revival of a medieval Spanish architectural style combining Christian and Islamic influences.

These Arapaimas are over 6 feet long

Zaragoza, Spain

Zaragoza River Aquarium

Europe's largest river aquarium features freshwater species from around the world.

The former Smedley hydrotherapy spa hotel

Matlock, England

The former Smedley hydrotherapy spa hotel

The largest former spa hotel in Matlock allows the public to get a glimpse of its opulent past.

Tranvìa de Sóller

Port de Sóller, Spain

Tranvìa de Sóller

Heritage tramway linking a Mallorcan town to its port.

Rambla de Barrachina

Villaspesa, Spain

Rambla de Barrachina

The geomorphology of the Turia Valley could easily be mistaken for Utah or Arizona.

Aguas de Busot Spa

Aigües, Spain

Aguas de Busot Spa

Once a spa resort, then a tuberculosis sanatorium, and now a crumbling ruin.

Pegasus Bridge June 1944

Ranville, France

Memorial Pegasus and Pegasus Bridge

Two versions of Pegasus Bridge remind us of the opening shots of D-day.

Fountain of the Unbelievers

Zaragoza, Spain

Fountain of the Unbelievers

The engineer of the Imperial Canal of Aragon installed this fountain to show skeptics he had achieved his aim.

Via degli Archi

Randazzo, Italy

Via degli Archi

Once the entry route for Aragonese nobility into the square which hosted the parliament of the time.

Ethnic Music Museum of Busot

Busot, Spain

Ethnic Music Museum of Busot

A private collector gathered these sound machines and musical instruments across five continents.

The Fleet in Captain's Wharfe

South Shields, England

The Fleet in Captain's Wharfe

This former dry dock is now the home of a sculpture instalation depicting a fleet of tiny stainless steel sailing ships

Autoworld

Brussels, Belgium

Autoworld

From motorcycles to firetrucks and sports cars to horse-drawn carriages, this Belgian collection goes beyond rare cars.

The NUM memorial  garden with the cage high on the hill on the left hand side

Peterlee, England

Easington Colliery Pit Cage Memorial

A memorial this now closed coal mine which once was the centre of life in the village which carried its name.

Byker, England

Victoria Tunnel

This tunnel was an amazing feat of engineering and an economic success but the coal mine which it served closed after only 18 years of the tunnel's use.

Arbeia

South Shields, England

Arbeia

Said to be the best reconstruction of Roman remains in Britain

Molos di Pesca of the Canale Destra Reno

Ravenna, Italy

Molos di Pesca of the Canale Destra Reno

These structures hanging over the water's surface are traditional fishing machines.

Looking at the Northern  entrance over the tops of the old Roman walls , probably  from Zuda Tower.

Zaragoza, Spain

Central Market of Zaragoza

This much reformed Modernist building will be of interest to fans of contemporary architecture too.

Spanish Legión Memorial

Zaragoza, Spain

Spanish Legión Memorial

One of several memorials to the dead of Spain's foreign legion on the Spanish mainland.

El Ojo del Canal (The Eye of the Canal)

Zaragoza, Spain

El Ojo del Canal (The Eye of the Canal)

The load bearing parts of this historic 18th century canal aqueduct has largely been hidden from view by 20th century road construction.

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