Spean Bridge, Scotland
Well of the Seven Heads
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
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Spean Bridge, Scotland
This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Machrie, Scotland
More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
Milton, Scotland
This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Glasgow, Scotland
Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Edinburgh, Scotland
This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Hiroshima, Japan
This glass wall is gradually filling up with paper cranes, in honor of Hiroshima’s past and dedication to its future.
Hiroshima, Japan
An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.
Komaki, Japan
The only Buddhist temple in Japan dedicated to breasts.