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One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

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

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

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

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.