This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.

A rare example of a Lowland broch.

The ruins of a world-renowned medieval hospital.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

Mining, a local filmmaker, and a philanthropist doctor all commemorated within a small space in suburban Edinburgh

Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

A colorful mural decorates one of the city's oldest animal shelters.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.