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A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

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

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

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

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

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

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