A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

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

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

Stay in the one time home to one of Scotland's most notorious gentleman's sex clubs.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

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

A curious structure built just for the birds.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

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

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

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

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

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

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.