Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

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

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

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

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

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

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

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

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

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

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

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.