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

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Nestled atop a wind-swept crag in the Scottish Highlands is a lonely memorial to a beloved hiker.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

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

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.