This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.

Museum of stuffed gophers set up in various scenes.

A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.

Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.

This partially completed dam was simply abandoned after nearly destroying the city it was built to service.

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

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

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

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

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

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

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

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

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.