Places WanderlustDiaries Wants to Go

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.

A well-traveled statuette of a much-beloved village icon.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

A cottage built at the birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, a sailor who inspired the novel 'Robinson Crusoe.'

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

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

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

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

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

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

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

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

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.