Edinburgh, Scotland
Charles II Statue
Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.
Glasgow, Scotland
One of the city's oldest pubs displays a skull said to belong to the country's last witch burned at the stake.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.
Glasgow, Scotland
This astronomically-aligned stone circle was the first of its kind to be built in Great Britain after a 3,000-year hiatus.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.
Hermitage, Scotland
This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.
Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Keoldale, Scotland
The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Glasgow, Scotland
Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.
Bragar, Scotland
A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Edinburgh, Scotland
An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."