A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.

This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

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

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

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

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

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

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

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

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

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.