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

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

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

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

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

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

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

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

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

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

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

This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.