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

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

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

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

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

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

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

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

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

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

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

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

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.