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

People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.

A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

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

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.

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

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

This once-majestic, now-abandoned Victorian castle has seen better days.