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The Open Book.

Wigtown, Scotland

The Open Book

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

Glenquicken Stone Circle in the mist

Creetown, Scotland

Glenquicken Stone Circle

A gap marks the spot where a now-missing stone once completed the circular arrangement at this Neolithic site.

Within the flat enclose of the D-shaped fort

Monreith, Scotland

Barsalloch Fort

A 2,000-year-old Iron Age fort offers stunning ocean views.

Perched on top of a cliff

Portpatrick, Scotland

Dunskey Castle

The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.

Right of way looking northerly.

Corinne, Utah

Transcontinental Railroad Back Country Byway

This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.

Mural to Country Music in Bristol, Virginia

Bristol, Virginia

Birthplace of Country Music Museum

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

Castle Semple Collegiate Church

Lochwinnoch, Scotland

Castle Semple Collegiate Church

The ruins of a small church belonging to a powerful Scottish family still hold the remains of its patriarch.

Soldiers Re-Interred at Tomb of Unknown Soldier, Bethlehem.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Tomb of Unknown Soldier (Bethlehem)

A tribute to those that perished during the American Revolution.

Arthur's Cottage Entrance.

Cullybackey, Northern Ireland

Arthur Cottage

The ancestral home of the 21st president of the United States of America.

Drumtroddan Standing Stones

Mochrum, Scotland

Drumtroddan Standing Stones

These stones date back to the 3rd or 2nd millennium B.C.

Tom Robinson Park

Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Tom Robinson Park

A man and his carbonated beverage.

The Loch-Eel Monster - the OG

Lochiel, Australia

Lake Bumbunga

This salt lake in South Australia features seasonal color changes and its very own loch monster.

The Martyrs' Tomb hidden in the Glentrool woodland

Glentrool, Scotland

Martyrs' Tomb Glen Trool

A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.

Sanquhar Castle

Sanquhar, Scotland

Sanquhar Castle

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

Bruce's Stone sits in a glorious location of the glen and loch.

Glentrool, Scotland

Bruce's Stone

On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.

Sorbie Tower

Sorbie, Scotland

Sorbie Tower

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

Wreck of the Teignmouth Electron

Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands

Wreck of the Teignmouth Electron

The decaying remains of a ship whose captain mysteriously disappeared.

The Shipwreck of Lady Elizabeth

Falkland Islands

The Shipwreck of Lady Elizabeth

This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.

The Zenobia wreck dive.

Larnaca, Cyprus

The Zenobia Shipwreck

The water here is so clear you can see the mysteriously sunken ship from the surface.

The wreckage.

Edgartown, Massachusetts

Mysterious Chappaquiddick Shipwreck

The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.

Wreck of the Steamship Helena

Bigfork, Montana

Wreck of the Steamship Helena

A once celebrated industrial wonder now lurks in a quiet corner of Flathead Lake.

The wreck of the Amsterdam.

Hastings, England

The Amsterdam Shipwreck

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Teampull na Trionaid.

Isle of North Uist, Scotland

Teampull na Trionaid

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

Bakehouse Close.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Bakehouse Close

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

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