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…
Queen’s Well, Glen Mark
During stays at Balmoral, Queen Victoria regularly travelled the Mounth Roads, a network of ancient rights of way traversing the…
North Third Reservoir
Overshadowed by a rough, rocky escarpment, North Third Reservoir is a real hidden gem, a diamond in the rough. Boasting…
Avenue of Redwoods
An impressive avenue of mighty Redwood trees that once served a country priory in Perthshire’s Carse of Gowrie contains among…
Abandoned Synagogue
Dundee’s former synagogue, also known as the Dundee Hebrew Centre, occupies a small corner of land close to the junction…
Outlander’s Witness Trees, Kinclaven
Inspired by the author Diana Gabaldon and her books, the producers of the popular historical TV saga Outlander have made…
Ladybank Water Tower
Located on the corner of Beeches and Golf Street in the north east Fife town of Ladybank, the old Ladybank…
Arty loo with a view
Take a hike around Dundee’s Riverside Nature Park and, as you approach this tiny cabin, you would be forgiven for…
Frankenstein Steps, Dundee
As a teenager, author Mary Shelley spent two extended summers in Dundee, ostensibly recuperating from illness, but also avoiding the…
Calum’s Path, Raasay
At the northern end of the island of Raasay one man famously built a road. After campaigning for years for…
Crawford Priory Mausoleum
In death you would expect others to leave you in peace. However, that does not appear to have been the…
Secret Scotland 