This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.

This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.

One of a series of sculptures making a statement about sea-level rise in the United Kingdom.

An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.

This standing stone has a unique backdrop thanks to some of the United Kingdom's best-rated beaches.

Although it appears much older, this castle-like tower is actually a Georgian-era folly.

A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.

Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

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

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.

An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.

This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.

This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.