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

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

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

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

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

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

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.