This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

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

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

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

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

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

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.