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Category: Curiosities

Curious and unusual places

The Howff – Convener’s Stone

Explorers of Dundee’s famous Howff will discover that not every stone within the cemetery marks a tomb. One, tucked away … More

abandoned, coins, Dundee, graveyard, history, memorial, The Howff, trades, witches

Dunoon’s Puffin Rock

A colourful painted rock on the shoreline at Dunoon has become a firm favourite with tourists, but many don’t know … More

Dunoon, puffin, rock

Still Game murals

Characters from the popular BBC Scotland TV comedy Still Game have been popping up on walls in Dundee and have … More

Dundee, graffiti art, Still Game, street art, urbex

St Fillans Serpent

As a child St Fillans Serpent was one of the highlights of car journeys across Scotland. Living on the east … More

painted stone, perthshire, Serpent, St Fillans

Colinton Tunnel

abandoned, art, Edinburgh, murals, tunnel, urbex, walk

Scalpay shipwreck

Not much info on this shipwreck, but it was photographed in the channel of Bagh Ceann na Muice, on the … More

abandoned, island, shipwreck

Abandoned Tin Tabernacles

Interested in corrugated iron buildings, particularly those neglected and abandoned to the elements? Then you might be interested in my … More

abandoned, book, corrugated iron, tin tabernacle, urbex

Office block graffiti art

A faceless and rather drab office block in one of Dundee’s trading estates has been transformed thanks to the work … More

Dundee, graffiti art, office block, urbex

Forth Tunnel Proposal

As Victorian railway engineers pushed north through Scotland, they encountered two significant obstacles – the Firth of Forth and the … More

Edinburgh, fife, Forth Railway Bridge, River Forth, tunnel

Lochee Life Murals

A series of black and white murals celebrating life in Lochee over the years grace the walls of the town’s … More

Dundee, jute, Lochee, murals, urbex

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