Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

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

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

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

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

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

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

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

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.