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

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

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

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

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

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

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

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

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

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

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

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

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

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

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