Places Alan Newman Wants to Go

A monument to a working class martyr.

New Zealand's only running funicular railway.

A striking statue commemorates the men who worked underground in Kingshill and Allanton.

The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

This steaming, yellow-tinged landscape is filled with sulfur-encrusted volcanic vents.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

The final resting place of soldiers who fell during the First and Second World Wars.

Rare pigmented engravings cover the walls of this Stone Age shelter.

The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.

Zambia's smallest national park is home to one of the world's largest annual mammal migrations.

This colonial fort is an intriguing example of Renaissance military architecture.

A memorial in the middle of a roundabout marks the spot where German forces formally surrendered, finally ending World War I in Africa.

The ruins of a massive World War I fort overlook the border between Zambia and Tanzania.

A stone memorial marks the spot where the fighting of World War I finally ceased—three days after the armistice was signed in Europe.

This fascinating cave is packed with prehistoric rock art and Stone Age tools.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

A bronze sculpture dedicated a man who transformed the town into a modern tourist destination.

The train platform where Jews were sent to concentration camps is now preserved as a Holocaust memorial.

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.