A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

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

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

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

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

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

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

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

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

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

A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.

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

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

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.