Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

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

Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

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

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

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

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

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