John o' Groats, Scotland
John o' Groats Marker
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
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John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Mid Clyth, Scotland
A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.
Wick, Scotland
The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.
Shandwick, Scotland
A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.
Elgin, Scotland
A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."
Elgin, Scotland
Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.
Forres, Scotland
A reminder of the gruesome punishments delivered to those who were found guilty during Scotland's witchcraft trials.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Beauly, Scotland
After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Highland Council, Scotland
A 4000-year-old stone circle, comfortably surrounded by a modern Scottish neighbourhood and the local fire station
Glencoe, Scotland
A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Banavie, Scotland
The longest staircase lock in Britain.
Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
Carrbridge, Scotland
Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.
Nairn, Scotland
One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
Nairn, Scotland
In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.
Nairn, Scotland
The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.
Inverness, Scotland
This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.
Culloden Moor, Scotland
This rock bore witness to the last pitched battle fought on British soil.
North Queensferry, Scotland
One of the world's smallest functioning lighthouse boasts an unexpected connection.
Linlithgow, Scotland
The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.