A solemn memorial in a majestic setting that honors a 1692 tragedy.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

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

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

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

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

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

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

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

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.

Now a museum, this building was once a 14th-century monastery and the place where the founder of the Dutch nation lived and was assassinated.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.

Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

This still-celebrated home was a radical architectural experiment in 3D De Stijl.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.