Places Jfmcl Wants to Go

An abandoned village where the ruined foundations cling to a cliff.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

Cascading waterfalls mark the gateway to the ancient burial place of Clan Macnab.

A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.

Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.

An 18th-century viewpoint across the surrounding highlands.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

This ruined travelers shelter sits abandoned in a desolate bog of Flow Country.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

These quaint cottages feature built-in signaling devices for fishermen.

Legends surrounding this megalithic tomb range from giants to a dwarf named Trollid.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

Every New Year's Day, locals don gaudy costumes and dive into the frigid Firth of Forth.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

This stone was once used by druids to determine a person's innocence or guilt.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.