An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

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

A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

On a hill overlooking Loch Trool, a granite boulder marks the site where Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland, defeated an English army.

A square stone tomb marks the spot where six men were killed while holding a service in Caldoris Wood.

One of Scotland's earliest hydroelectric power stations.

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

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

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

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

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

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

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

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.