British Empire's last territorial expansion, claimed by four countries.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

A 16th-century castle unexpectedly nestled within a post-war housing development.

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

A community's effort restores the historical Maryhill Burgh Hall.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.

The ruins of the second of three churches dedicated to the saint in a touristic Scottish town.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.