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Alan Newman

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Retired university professor.

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Carrickfergus Tank

Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Churchill Tank

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

Carrickfergus Knights

Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland

Carrickfergus Knights

These sculptures honor the knights who once called Carrickfergus Castle their stronghold.

Harland and Wolff Shipyard.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Samson and Goliath

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

At first the Albert Memorial Clock seems nothing special.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Albert Memorial Clock

This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.

Europa Hotel.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Europa Hotel

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

SS Nomadic

Belfast, Northern Ireland

SS Nomadic

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

The underlying River Farset causes the clock tower to tilt.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

River Farset

Belfast's namesake river still winds below the city center, hidden from sight.

Hermit's Cave and Quaker Burial Ground

Bristol, England

Hermit's Cave and Quaker Burial Ground

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

The Washington Window at Selby Abbey

Selby, England

The Washington Window

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

India Mill Chimney

Darwen, England

India Mill Chimney

One of the tallest mill chimneys in Lancashire gave up its ornate cast iron "crown" during World War II to assist the war effort.

Info Board (in Spanish)

Alar del Rey, Spain

The Canal de Castilla

This ambitious 18th century project never achieved its aim as a means of navigation but remains an essential component of agriculture and water supply in central Spain

Museo Salaguti

Sasamón, Spain

Museo Salaguti

Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.

A Moonlight Tower at night

Austin, Texas

Austin Moonlight Towers

Turning night into day in Victorian-era Austin to thwart a serial killer.

Oaks Disaster Sculpture

Barnsley, England

Oaks Memorial Sculpture

Graham Ibbesons's moving tribute to the victims of England's worst mining disaster.

The Chief Warden's lantern and Queen Elizabeth's keys.

London, England

Tower of London's Ceremony of the Keys

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Clitheroe Castle

Clitheroe, England

Clitheroe Castle

The second smallest castle keep in England.

The Engine Room.

Clitheroe, England

Holmes Mill

This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.

Remains of the Abbey's latrines or reredorter

Sawley, England

Sawley Abbey

The last two abbots of this monastery were both executed by Henry VIII.

Stonyhurst College

Stonyhurst, England

Stonyhurst Hall

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

Cromwell's Bridge

Lancashire, England

Cromwell's Bridge

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

Kylemore Abbey

Connemara, Ireland

Kylemore Abbey

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Strawberry Hill

London, England

Strawberry Hill

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

Forth Bridge

Inverkeithing, Scotland

Forth Bridge

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel

Caernarfon, Wales

Pen-y-Gwryd Hotel

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

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