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• Travel

Library of Mistakes: a place where thousands of books explain how to avoid (another) Great Recession.

8 months ago Robin

1 min read

• Food

Beithir Fire, the world’s strongest beer with an incredibly high alcohol content

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

The world’s shortest scheduled passenger flight that lasts less than 2 minutes!

2 years ago Robin

3 min read

• Travel

Dunino Den, a site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies

2 years ago Danijel90

5 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

A short trip to Kilmuir Cemetery at Isle of Skye, Scotland

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Monday of the New Year: discover the lost celebration of Handsel Monday!

2 years ago Leo S

9 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

I bùr ad Sant’Andrè – The dark nights of Saint Andrew and other stories about November 30

2 years ago randomcollabs

1 min read

• Travel

The Postie Stone: a memorial to two dedicated postal workers who lost their lives…delivering mail.

3 years ago Nathan

4 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Burns Night – a Scottish tradition to commemorate one of the world’s greatest poets

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• History

The mystery of the 2,500-years-old Ballachulish Goddess

4 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Breaking News

The story of “Heavy-Fired” bread buns sold at English Market that people can’t stop talking about

4 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

Bean-nighe, the Washerwoman of Death of Scottish Folklore

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The macabre story of Sawney Bean, Scotland’s most famous cannibal

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Dwarfie Stane, Britain’s only example of a rock-cut tomb

4 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Southerness Lighthouse, the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland

4 years ago Nathan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Tale of the Scottish Thistle

4 years ago Leo S

4 min read

• History

The battle of Glen Trool: Robert the Bruce’s first victory over an English army in 1307

4 years ago Adam

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Ghillie Dhu, the Elf of forest from Scottish Folklore

4 years ago Pavel

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Rua Reidh Lighthouse and it’s beautiful accommodation in Scotland

4 years ago Danijel90

4 min read

• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

4 years ago Danijel90

2 min read

• Travel

“The Lost XVII”: a missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route

5 years ago Nathan

5 min read

• Myths and Legends

The Sluagh: Celtic spirits of the unforgiven dead

5 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Muschats’s Cairn: a stack of stones that honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

5 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Devil’s Pulpit: a strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

The remains of Buchanan Castle in Scotland

5 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

St Ninian’s Cave

5 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The secret history of Closeburn Castle, one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland~

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Tolbooth Tavern: now home to a drinking establishment, this Edinburgh building has a macabre history ~

5 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The strange story of the Farne Island devils

5 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The legend of the ghost playing the bagpipe at Edinburgh Castle

5 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

12 Ways Halloween is celebrated around the globe

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Meikleour Beech Hedge: the Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

6 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Barra Head: the highest lighthouse in UK that shines from an abandoned island

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Dinosaur footprints at the Isle of Skye – Scotland

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The curious story of Glasgow Sherbet Factory ruins – Scotland

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• History

Robert the Bruce: the never-say-die king (and the spider)

6 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

Fingal’s Cave, the “Cave of Melody” in Scotland

6 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls: the mystery of the dolls in miniature coffins

6 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

The Old Man of Storr – Scotland

6 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

“Half-Hangit” Maggie Dickson: the woman who survived the hangman’s noose.

6 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

The altered traffic signs of Edinburgh, Scotland

6 years ago Ivan