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

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

Hidden in this modern shopping center is a relic of 16th-century capital punishment.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.

The remains of "the Pearl of Scotland" can be found inside this church.

Located in the house where Gustave Flaubert was born, this odd museum has more to do with medical grotesquery than the Western novel.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.

This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This Neolithic passage tomb forms part of a World Heritage Site.