Places Douglas Wants to Go

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

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

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

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

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

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

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

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

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

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

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