The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

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

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

The largest portal tomb in Europe has a capstone weighing around 150 tons.

A particularly disconcerting tribute to Irish martyrs.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

This burial pyramid in central Ireland is thousands of miles and thousands of years away from its Egyptian inspiration.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.