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Alan Newman

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A room built into north wall serves as an extra  kitchen for dining al fresco.

Coreglia Antelminelli, Italy

La Rocca

An 11th-century mountaintop fortress that played a crucial role in Italy's papal wars is now a vacation rental.

Dual-time clock at the Bristol Exchange

Bristol, England

Corn Exchange Dual-Time Clock

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Italian Alpini in WW1

Coreglia Antelminelli, Italy

Alpini Memorial

This impressive memorial commemorates the contributions made by Italy's specialist mountain troops.

British cycling troops during the Battle of the Somme.

Meriden, England

National Cyclists Memorial

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

The castle before recent refurbishment

Rotherham, England

Boston Castle

This small crenelated building was built by a British aristocrat who supported the American Revolution and may have named it in memory of a pivotal battle.

The ruins of MV Creteblock.

Whitby, England

Wreck of the MV Creteblock

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

Standard gauge railway spur

Burry Port, Wales

Former munitions factory at Pembrey Park

The vintage Speedway.

Kilgetty, Wales

Folly Farm

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

The 90th anniversary recreation of Malcolm Cambell's first world land speed record in his Sunbeam-powered car.

Pendine, Wales

Pendine Sands

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines

Blackpool, England

Sir Hiram Maxim's Captive Flying Machines

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

Retaining wall on WWII firing range

Staffordshire, England

Cannock Chase Military Training Grounds

Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.

Ware Hall in its relocated condition at Wells-Next-the-Sea.

Wells-next-the-Sea, England

Ware Hall House

A 15th-century house single-handedly disassembled then reassembled bit by bit 100 miles away.

Extreme low-tide exposing rock pools

Brighton, England

The Daddy Long Legs Seashore Railway

The remnants of a strange stilted building on rails can still be seen at low tide.

The 2010 dressing of Coffin Well in Tissington.

Tissington, England

Derbyshire Well Dressing

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

This very modest ground is the first one this club has ever owned (since 2001).

Dronfield, England

Sheffield FC

Officially recognised as the worlds oldest soccer club.

Wogan Cavern showing the entrance stairs and massive Norman-built wall.

Pembroke, Wales

Wogan Cavern

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

North Mill on the River Derwent.

Belper, England

Strutt's North Mill

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

Wollaton Hall

Nottingham, England

Wollaton Hall

This Elizabethan House, which is now a natural history museum,  played the role of Wayne Manor in a famous movie and played a really important role in WW2 as the base for the US 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment.

Fortifications

Cricqueville-en-Bessin, France

Pointe du Hoc

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Smoking the Fool, the prelude to the contest.

Haxey, England

The Haxey Hood

One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.

The Piazza dei Miracoli, with the Tower in the center and the two white anchors in the lower right.

Pisa, Italy

Guy Rope Anchors for the Leaning Tower of Pisa

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

Priory undercroft excavations in 2001.

Coventry, England

Ruins of St. Mary's Priory Cathedral

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

Stone Edge Cupola Chimney

Chesterfield, England

Stone Edge Cupola

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.

Exercise Tiger Memorial

Torcross, England

Exercise Tiger Memorial

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

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