Despite what a Thai tourism board might want you to think, this white-sand beach is in fact located on a Scottish island.

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

Remnants of the Roman empire's northern frontier nestled in suburban Glasgow.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

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

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

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

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

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

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.