Places Alan Newman Wants to Go

Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

A double cantilever system bridge that was designed to prevent flood damage.

This historic aviation building is now a museum owned and operated by Disney.

This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

This building served as the first customs house in modern Greece.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.

Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.

Slaughterhouse Five opens its dank doors to fans of Kurt Vonnegut.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This memorial pays homage to Pueblo's four Medal of Honor recipients.

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.