Places smyliearch Wants to Go

The largest axe on the planet contains a time capsule that seems like it may never be discovered.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

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

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

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

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

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.