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…
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…
Bessie’s Cairn
Bessie’s Cairn in Glen Isla is a stout little landmark tucked away in one of the remotest corners of Angus.…
Crawford Priory
In its day, Crawford Priory, in north east Fife, was one of Scotland’s most spectacular Gothic mansions, one slightly eccentric…
Inchcolm Island Tunnel
While the island of Inchcolm, in the Firth of Forth, is perhaps best known for its ancient abbey, it is…
Loch Long Torpedo Range
The former Royal Navy Torpedo Range at Arrochar on Loch Long, once a vital part of the country’s defence network,…
Secret Scotland 