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

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

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

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

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

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

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.

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

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

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

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