This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

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

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

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

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

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.