This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

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

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

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

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

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

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

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.