A collection of 50 offbeat attractions, quirky curiosities and hidden gems, the kind of places you will find here on…
The Journey Begins…
Welcome to Scotland… Not to the Scotland of glossy tourist brochures, airbrushed landscape photographs, coach parties, visitor centres and woollen…
Land Rovers on the West Highland Line
The West Highland Line is one of the world’s most scenic railway journeys. Yet few passengers may be aware that…
Ghostly Ruins of Rannoch Moor
Buildings are few and far between on Rannoch Moor, one of the last remaining areas of true wilderness in Europe.…
Scotland’s oldest iron bridge
Tucked away in a grassy valley separating a modern housing estate and a retirement village, what is believed to be…
Perthshire’s Pyramid
Rural Perthshire is one of the few places you will find a pyramid in Scotland. Perched atop Carn Tuile, near…
Exploring Wartime Relics at Braefoot Point, Fife
During the two world wars, the batteries of the Forth Coastal Defences were established to protect shipping on what was…
Rise and demise of Strathmartine Hospital, Dundee
The last days of Dundee’s derelict Strathmartine Hospital, established 170 years ago to pioneer the treatment and care of mentally…
Polish Priest’s Cross
Hidden away in woodland overlooking the Angus village of Newtyle, a lone wooden cross stands amongst the trees. Known as…
Walking on Water to Vallay
The tiny tidal island of Vallay lies just off the coast of North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides. Abandoned by…
Dundee’s cemetery of plague, pestilence and infant mortality
Dundee was not a place to be growing up in the mid-19th century, a time when the city had the…
Leng Memorial Chapel
The Leng Memorial Chapel is a pretty and very striking wee kirk enjoying a prominent spot in the north Fife…
Secret Scotland 