Places Alan Newman Wants to Go

Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Unconventional site where the tracks of Zurich tramcars intersect.

This underground church is topped with a 500-foot cross that is seen by many as a beacon of fascist hubris.

An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.

This spectacular bridge is part of an abandoned train line that once connected Mallorcan capital to the southeastern coast.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

This picturesque Victorian ghost town was once a thriving mill community.

Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.

The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.

A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

World's largest Christmas store.

A medieval village holds a very modern hotel.

This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.

This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.