Places Douglas Wants to Go

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

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

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

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

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

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

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

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

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

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

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

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.