Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

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

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.