Places Aleksandra Veleno Wants to Go

Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.

The castle that provided the setting for much of 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' is now a pilgrimage site for fans.

This unusual double arched bridge runs over a picturesque Scottish glen.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

These ruins saw a second life as a cemetery.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

Unusually, this ancient Iron Age broch has never been excavated.

The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.