A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

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

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

This exhibit showcases the literary work of soldiers who suffered "shell shock" during World War I.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

This figure of a local merchant is said to reanimate and do a dance during Hogmanay.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

A distinctive building that incorporates a mythical beast into its architecture.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.

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

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

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

A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.