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Ben Nevis

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

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Glenfinnan Viaduct

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

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Clootie Well

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

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Massacre Cave

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

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Cairngorm Reindeer Centre

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

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Well of the Seven Heads

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

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CairnGorm Mountain Railway

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

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Ruthven Barracks

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

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