Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.