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.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

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

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

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

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

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

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

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

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

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

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.

The bank that helped fund the Mexican-American War and the purchase of Alaska met its downfall after helping Augusto Pinochet launder money.

On the Fourth of July this area will transform into a Pompeii-like storm of falling embers and ash.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Disks are rolled out onto the south lawn to absorb the impact of Marine One's wheels like giant coffee coasters.

The grand marble structure next to the White House is Andrew Carnegie's temple to Pan-American diplomacy.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."