Traquair, Scotland
The Bear Gates of Traquair
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
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Traquair, Scotland
The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.
Glasgow, Scotland
The community pools that the community refused to give up on.
Ayr, Scotland
Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.
Dunblane, Scotland
The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Stenness, Scotland
The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.
Perth, Scotland
The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.
Baltasound, Scotland
This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Bragar, Scotland
A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.
Elie, Scotland
The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.
Alexandria, Scotland
An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Tighnabruaich, Scotland
Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.
Carloway, Scotland
A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.
Comrie, Scotland
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.