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A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

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

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

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

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.