Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

A beautifully-carved Pictish stone encased in a protective glass structure.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.

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

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

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

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

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

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A former Roman town that was once the home of Scipio Africanus.