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

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

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

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

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

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

These skilfully executed, poignant works of art dot a verdant Scottish dell.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

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

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

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

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

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

A former coastal watch post has been turned into a bothy with unrivaled views of the sea and its inhabitants.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

A memorial dedicated to a boating accident that was bringing troops back home from World War I.

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

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

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