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This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

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

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.