Though difficult to access, this stunning cave has a place in Scotland's poetic history.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

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

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

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

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

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

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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