Thornhill, Scotland
Morton Castle
An unusual style of hall-house standing in a beautiful location over an artificial loch
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Thornhill, Scotland
An unusual style of hall-house standing in a beautiful location over an artificial loch
Falkirk, Scotland
An amazing house in a park in the middle of Falkirk
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Dalmellington, Scotland
A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!
Finnieston, Scotland
A solitary arbor with a unique pedigree.
Eglinton, Scotland
The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Santana, Portugal
These small, triangular, colorful houses are a staple of Madeira Island.
Funchal, Portugal
A lush oasis full of vibrant plants and striking geometric displays.
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Câmara de Lobos, Portugal
This glass skywalk offers vertiginous views down the volcanic cliffs to the beach below.
Ayr, Scotland
This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Glasgow, Scotland
Twenty carved heads in Glasgow take a comical, modern twist to the medieval apotropaic, avenger of evil.
Corgarff, Scotland
This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.
Portknockie, Scotland
Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.
Elgin, Scotland
Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.
Elgin, Scotland
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
Edinburgh, Scotland
Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.
Newton Mearns, Scotland
Attached to this castle is a local church.
Dundee, Scotland
Each section of this public work of art represents one of the city's guilds.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.
Glasgow, Scotland
An 18th-century religious argument etched into stone.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."
Glasgow, Scotland
Some believe that the stone once used to coronate Scottish kings resides inside this bar.
Budapest, Hungary
This building has survived for more than a century and remains virtually untouched.