From stone pineapples to rotating boat lifts, POW chapels to a devil’s staircase – explore 20 genuinely bonkers man-made places in Scotland
Love history? Then you will love Scotland
From castles to brochs and tales of cadavers and murders, if you are planning a trip to Scotland focusing on ancestry or Scottish history, here is where to visit.
Discover the best Halloween events in Scotland 2025 and find out about our Scottish Halloween traditions.
Explore the places behinds Scotland’s myths and legends, from shape-shifting selkies to fairies and loch dwelling monsters.
From the reformation to Roman governors, the oldest trees in Scotland have played a central role in Scotland’s history. Here is how to visit them.
From underground vaults, caves, nuclear bunkers and even a power station under a mountain, discover a unique way to see Scotland
Before clans and medieval castles, the people of Scotland’s iron age left behind unique brochs. Here is how to visit.
From Machrie Moor on Arran to the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, here are 5 of the best places to see standing stones in Scotland.
Historic Scotland manages over 300 properties from castles to standing stones. Here are my favourite Historic Scotland places to visit.
The National Trust for Scotland is a charity preserving over 130 properties and 76,000 hectares of land across Scotland, here are my favourite NTS places to visit.









