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…
Forth Tunnel Proposal
As Victorian railway engineers pushed north through Scotland, they encountered two significant obstacles – the Firth of Forth and the…
Parkland ‘skull’ holds clues to Dundee’s NCR history
On the north-western periphery of Dundee, adjacent to Camperdown Country Park, satellite images reveal the likeness of a giant face…
Lochee Life Murals
A series of black and white murals celebrating life in Lochee over the years grace the walls of the town’s…
Abandoned Jute Mill
The Lower Pleasance Works – latterly named Queen Victoria Works – in Dundee was the world’s oldest operating jute mill…
Wemyss Caves
The Fife village of West Wemyss has enjoyed something of a renaissance in recent years with the restoration of the…
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…
Secret Scotland 