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The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

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

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.

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

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The artwork is tucked within a cave on a tiny Scottish island only accessible at low tide.

FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

This former small-town cinema palace was built with the remains of a luxury liner.

Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

A weird and wonderful collection of items that pique curiosity and haunt nightmares.

These quaint cottages feature built-in signaling devices for fishermen.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.