This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

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

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

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

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

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

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

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

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

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

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

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

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

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

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.