Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.

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

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

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

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

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

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.