Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

A recreation of pop art pioneer Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi's London studio.

This mural condenses 96 miles of one of Scotland's best-known trails into a unique art display.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

The solitary cairn marks a mysterious death that's still controversial more than two decades later.

The ruins of a 15th-century castle that has seen its fair share of bitter feuds.

This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.

This Neolithic-era complex boasts standing stones, a cairn, and the only henge in Western Scotland.

On the outskirts of Edinburgh, a trio of topiary created by one man over the course of more than 20 years.

The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

Believed to be the birthplace of John Balliol.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

Every September, international competitors flock to the flooded quarries of a tiny Scottish island.

Legend has it that a Dutch fisherman lost control of his Shetland pony and tumbled from this cliff.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.