Places stephmcmahon Wants to Go

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

Forgotten jail cells beneath this Scottish town hall are now used for delightfully artful storage.

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

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

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

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

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

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

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.