Places Elizabeth Gartley Wants to Go

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

One of Edinburgh's most popular works of street art is located well off the beaten path.

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

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

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

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

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

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

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

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

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.