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

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Twice a year, this Orkney town hosts a rowdy game of medieval mob football.

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

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Cut into a sheer cliff face, these stairs are the only way to reach a secluded Scottish harbor.

A collection of short standing stones covers this hillside.

An abandoned village where the ruined foundations cling to a cliff.

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

This man-made waterfall was designed to help improve access for spawning salmon.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

Once considered one of the country's finest motte and bailey castles.

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

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

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

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

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

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