Scotland's first free lending library, which protects literacy through inheritance.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

This former football stadium seems almost abandoned but is still in use by the next generation of Scottish sports stars.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

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

The old tradition of drying laundry on poles in the public green is still guaranteed by Glasgow city law.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

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

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

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

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

A leafy, peaceful oasis nestled in the heart of Glasgow's busy south side.

A humble ancient well where Scottish knight, Sir William Wallace, took his final drink.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

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

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.