Places Alan Newman Wants to Go

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.

The remains of what was once the world’s largest spinning mill.

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.

A gorgeous stone viaduct crosses over a bucolic valley.

Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.

A serene memorial that honors the adventurous spirits of climbers who lost their lives in the High Tatras.

This other-worldly, lotus-shaped temple was a place of worship for Gurkha soldiers in the colonial British army

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.

Soul-soothing fish congee awaits at one of Hong Kong’s remaining dai pai dongs.

The last street gas lamps in Hong Kong.

A Victorian gravestone has a carving of a safety device invented in the 1860s that is still saving lives today.

Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.

Once an art-deco theater, now a supermarket.

Once a crime hotspot, this refurbished underpass is now home to a bookstore and a mural celebrating the history of Manila.

This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.

This massive Roman Catholic rosary is composed entirely of wood.

The remains of an abandoned air force hospital located on a redeveloped Air Force base.

Church organ in the Philippines constructed out of bamboo.

A monument to a working class martyr.