"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

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

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

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

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

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.