An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.

A re-purposed wooden sculpture, depicting one of Scotland's most beloved writer's amphibious creations.

It's said that at this location, a Scottish poet met the Queen of the Fairies.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

The ruins of a 12th-century seaside castle on the southwest coast of Scotland.

The ruins of a 15th-century castle that has seen its fair share of bitter feuds.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

This 19th-century sanctuary was built atop a hill that once housed a Roman fort.

Named for its similarity to the tip of a violin's bow, this striking formation was created by millions of years of erosion.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.

An unusually shaped lighthouse with origins rooted in heartbreak.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

The carved medieval stones stand near the ruined abbey's parking lot.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

This collection of Neolithic monuments make up one of The U.K.'s richest archeological landscapes.

This Neolithic-era complex boasts standing stones, a cairn, and the only henge in Western Scotland.

If you fly into Edinburgh Airport, it's possible to spot this prehistoric site without even getting off the plane.

A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.

The overgrown ruins of this once majestic castle sit forlornly in the Scottish countryside.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.