Alnwick Castle OK

Slightly more than 1,200 adults voted in a Virgin Travel Insurance poll to find the best and worst tourist traps at home and abroad. This is a tiny percentage of the millions of tourists who visit these places. The chance of producing what scientists call "a level of significance" from such a pathetic sample of rubber-neckers is zero, but BBC News, which is constantly proving its scientific ignorance, is excited by the results. No wonder people are confused by the contradictory findings the Beeb keeps throwing at them. Anyway, the poll's top tourist trap in the UK is Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, used as the exterior of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter movies. With or without the poll's dubious thumbs up, it looks well worth a visit (CLICK). For the rest of this list - "interesting but stupid" - click the title link.