Places Alan Newman Wants to Go

A massive, abstract lookout tower providing a panoramic view of Prague.

A half-buried vehicle in Prague's is the latest iteration in a long-running piece by Czech artist David Černý.

This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

This peculiar Italian elevator runs both horizontally and vertically.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

One of the biggest mysteries of Central Queensland: How did this truck spontaneously combust with the force of a massive bomb?

During the American Revolutionary War, iron excavated from this mine was used to make swords, cannons, and more.

An abandoned mining complex in Serra do Gerês.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

A miniature train-ride through Slovenia's largest cave system.

The "dragon babies" of southeastern Europe.

Built to repay the sins of the father, this church is home to one of the most valuable works of Western art.

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

One of the largest squares in Europe contains an entire artificial island.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.

Rolling sand dunes of the Sahara... in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

A massive tribute to Estonian history and culture.

This 16th-century cemetery became a recreational park during the Soviet occupation—today it's a little bit of both.

This dizzying tower was built to better broadcast the 1980 Moscow Olympics.