This story appears in the May 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. At exactly 6 p.m. on July 30, 2015, in Kingussie, Scotland, George Pirie, the agent acting on behalf of Eric Heerema, a Dutch ...

National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson finds the wild landscapes of Scotland poetic and inspiring. Looking out at the Isle of Rum from Laig Bay on the Isle of Eigg. The light plays on the ...

Scotland remains one of the world’s top travel destinations. The staggering landscape of Scotland is a heady mix of imposing mountains, wild forests and unspoilt beaches. Meanwhile, Scottish history’s ...

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From my clifftop perch, I have a clear view across the sparkling Firth of Forth to the quaint Scottish seaside town of Elie. Below me, waves roll up onto the rugged shore and I sync my breath with ...