Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

The ruins of a 15th-century castle that has seen its fair share of bitter feuds.

An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

It's said that at this location, a Scottish poet met the Queen of the Fairies.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This Neolithic-era complex boasts standing stones, a cairn, and the only henge in Western Scotland.

This fortified L-shaped tower is the ancient seat of clan Hannay.

Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.

Believed to be the birthplace of John Balliol.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

Now in ruins, this castle stood for centuries and saw a number of gruesome events.

This 19th-century sanctuary was built atop a hill that once housed a Roman fort.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.