Pittenweem, Scotland
St. Fillan's Cave
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
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Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Kyiv, Ukraine
Like something out of a bad acid trip, this Ukraine hallway has been covered in hallucinatory phantasmagoria.
Dubova, Romania
A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Wallachia, Romania
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
Dakar, Senegal
This giant statue is the product of a mixture of corruption, Stalinist architecture, and North Korean manpower.
Beverley, England
Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?