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

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

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

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

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

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

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

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

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

Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.

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.

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

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

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

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.