From Scottish clans to castles and brochs to tales of cadavers and murders, if you are planning a trip to Scotland focusing on ancestry or history, here is where to visit.

20 genuinely bonkers, man-made oddities in Scotland
From stone pineapples to rotating boat lifts, POW chapels to a devil’s staircase – explore 20 genuinely bonkers…

Going underground in Scotland
From underground vaults, caves, nuclear bunkers and even a power station under a mountain, discover a unique way…

Brochs in Scotland – go back in time to visit the Iron Age
Before clans and medieval castles, the people of Scotland’s iron age left behind unique brochs. Here is how…

The 5 best places to see stone circles & standing stones in Scotland
From Machrie Moor on Arran to the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, here are 5 of the best…

20 of the best Historic Scotland places to visit
Historic Scotland manages over 300 properties from castles to standing stones. Here are my favourite Historic Scotland places…

20 of the best National Trust for Scotland places to visit
The National Trust for Scotland is a charity preserving over 130 properties and 76,000 hectares of land across…