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

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

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

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

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

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

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