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56.1004, -4.6366
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-3.7465, -73.2415
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32.0806, -81.0946
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Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Grave of Marjorie Fleming
A tribute to a child prodigy who died way too young.
56.1093, -3.1694
Kinross, Scotland
Rumbling Bridge
This unusual double arched bridge runs over a picturesque Scottish glen.
56.1788, -3.5852
Dunfermline, Scotland
Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries
Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.
56.0703, -3.4618
Dunfermline, Scotland
Saint Margaret's Cave
A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.
56.0722, -3.4651
Comrie, Scotland
Cultybraggan WWII POW Camp
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
56.3546, -3.9929
Glasgow, Scotland
Cineworld Renfrew Street
The Guinness Record holder as the "tallest cinema in the world" is a building with screens in almost every one of its 12 floors
55.8650, -4.2544
Glasgow, Scotland
Clutha and Victoria Bar
The pub has been in operation since 1819 on the banks of the Clyde.
55.8546, -4.2500
Galashiels, Scotland
Panel 36 (Rosslyn Chapel)
The only panel of the Great Tapestry of Scotland that has been replaced, after the original was stolen.
55.6173, -2.8097
Edinburgh, Scotland
Costkea Way
Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.
55.8811, -3.1658
Portknockie, Scotland
Bow Fiddle Rock
Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.
57.7066, -2.8503
Elgin, Scotland
Dandy Lion
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
57.6484, -3.3167
Tummel Bridge, Scotland
Tummel Bridge Hydro Power Station
One of Scotland's earliest hydroelectric power stations.
56.7064, -4.0212
Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Fleming Memorial Sundial
An ingenious way to immortalize the inventor of universal time.
56.1051, -3.1601
Perth, Scotland
Smeaton's Bridge
Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.
56.3990, -3.4257
Aberfeldy, Scotland
Croft Moraig Stone Circle
This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.
56.6017, -3.9603
Penrith, England
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.
54.7280, -2.6674
Torryburn, Scotland
Lilias Adie Grave Marker
The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.
56.0587, -3.5760
North Berwick, Scotland
Ruins of Tantallon Castle
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
56.0564, -2.6507
East Lothian, Scotland
Yester Castle
Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."
55.8911, -2.7109
Dunbar, Scotland
'The Fishermen's Monument'
This 19th-century monument served an important purpose for fishermen thanks to its built-in barometer.
56.0051, -2.5149
Elgin, Scotland
Duffus Castle
Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.
57.6879, -3.3621
Maras, Peru
Salt Pans of Maras
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
-13.3328, -72.1564
Urubamba, Peru
Moray
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.
-13.3296, -72.1971
Urubamba, Peru
Skylodge
Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
-13.2702, -72.2184
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