Places Jaszmina Szendrey Wants to Go

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

A ruined tower house fought over in a family feud.

Beautiful antiques and obscure engineering artifacts trace the evolution of phones from rare luxuries to ubiquitous.

This 80-foot towering concrete structure, complete with wheel, remains a stark reminder of the coal mining that took place here between 1904 and 1966.

A relatively intact tower house still offering sweeping views of the surrounding countryside

A site paying tribute to an 18th century Scottish fiddler

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

The grave of Karl Eversberg is another grave of a fallen soldier, but Karl's story is one of revenge, defiance in the face of defeat, and the final act of WW1

A Bronze Age burial site thought to be over 4000 years old

A fascinating collection of Scottish late-medieval carved stones

This woven willow statue represents a popular local breed of beef cattle in SW Scotland

In memory of a courageous Scottish missionary who was murdered in Auschwitz for helping Jewish girls

The remaining public face of the factory which made many of Britain's red letterboxes and iconic red telephone call boxes

A rare example of one of the world's first printed books

A rather unusual, if not whimsical, art installation that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud

These ruins of a Gothic church hold the tomb of Princess Margaret, Lady of Galloway

Memorial to the victims of the deadliest aviation incident in the UK

A dry stone wall that looks back at you!

An old girls school hidden in a wood

This Neolithic Stone Circle is the largest in mainland Scotland

An unusual style of hall-house standing in a beautiful location over an artificial loch