Highland, Scotland
Carn Liath
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
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Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Invergordon, Scotland
This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Gateside, Scotland
This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.
Feshiebridge, Scotland
These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.
Corgarff, Scotland
This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Keoldale, Scotland
The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.
Dunmore, Scotland
A once extravagant mansion, now reduced to ruin.
Bragar, Scotland
A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.
Wigtown, Scotland
This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.
Saint Andrews, Scotland
This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Carloway, Scotland
A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.
Failford, Scotland
A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.