Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Book Sculptures
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Dunning, Scotland
A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Dunoon, Scotland
This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Glasgow, Scotland
This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.