Places From the Backwoods Wants to Go

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

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