This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

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

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.

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

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

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

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

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

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.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.