The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

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

A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

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

A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.

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

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

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

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.

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

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

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

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

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

These ruins are a hidden gem, complete with fantastic views over the cliff edge.

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

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

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

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