Places chrissyml Wants to Go

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.