Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Catalina Wreck
The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.
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Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.
Killin, Scotland
Cascading waterfalls mark the gateway to the ancient burial place of Clan Macnab.
Oban, Scotland
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.
Glasgow, Scotland
Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.
Lambholm, Scotland
This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Newtonmore, Scotland
A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.
Kilsyth, Scotland
Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.
Stromness, Scotland
Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."
Bragar, Scotland
A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.
Carloway, Scotland
A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.
Inverness, Scotland
This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.