Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

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

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

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

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

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

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

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

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.