The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

"May prick nor purse ne'er fail you."

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

One of the world's smallest functioning lighthouse boasts an unexpected connection.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

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

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.