A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

This massive, 30-foot-tall statue of the famed Scottish knight overlooks a grassy knoll.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

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

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

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Some of the largest trees of their kinds exist throughout Williamsburg’s historic core.

History says that America’s first English industrial manufacture began here with a “tryal of glasse.”