Places Doot Wants to Go

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

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

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

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

A spring purported to have healing properties lies just outside Scotland's capital.

A homage to an elusive character resides in this public park.

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

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

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

A weird and wonderful collection of items that pique curiosity and haunt nightmares.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

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

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

In 1990, this 37-foot red steel bottle sailed from New York to England.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.