Places Lana Velkov Wants to Go

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

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

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.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

Once part of a living village, these buildings now house exhibits showcasing historical aspects of life in Ireland.

Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.

A remarkably intact castle that once was the largest in Ireland.

An abandoned faux-pub made famous by a Guinness commercial.

Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.

The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.

This village provides a glimpse at rural life in Northern Ireland during the mid-20th-century.

Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.

After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.