Places Mapgirl Wants to Go

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

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.

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

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

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

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

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

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

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

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

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.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.