The Highland Aviation Museum is one of the best aeroplane and flight centres in this area of Scotland. It has been set up by...

Inverness Museum and Gallery was completely refurbished in 2007 and offers an exiting and engaging collection related to the history of the community and the...

A castle was built here by Macbeth, which was destroyed by Malcolm Canmore in 1057. Today the site consists of a fortress built in 1835...

The Highland Council is in charge of overseeing the administration of the entire Highland region, a vast area of land that is sparsely populated in...

Dingwall Museum is a small but beautifully developed museum that is dedicated to the study and history of the town and the people that have...

Growing up in the Highlands of Scotland would be a very different proposition to growing up in a major city, especially in times gone by,...

Loch Ness is undoubtedly Scotland’s most famous loch, largely because of its association with Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, which is said to live here....

This has to be seen to be believed! The myth of the monster lives on here close to the banks of the famed loch. The...

If you are interested in animals and birds or just countryside, you will enjoy a visit to this quiet corner of the Black Isle....

Urquhart Castle (2 miles south of Drumnadrochit, on the A82, 17 miles south of Inverness), overlooks Loch Ness; the visitor centre tells the story of...

On a cold sleet laden day on April 16, 1746, the Jacobite forces under Bonnie Prince Charlie, were defeated by the Government army at Culloden...

The Clava Cairns lie in an open site and you are free to wander among them and even within the two 4,000 year old passage...

Pictish Interpretive Centre including a collection of Pictish sculpture centred around the magnificent symbol-bearing Rosemarkie cross-slab. The centre features temporary exhibitions and has Pictish/Celtic themed...

Cawdor Castle, the most romantic castle in the Highlands, has a magical name linked with Macbeth by Shakespeare. The medieval tower and drawbridge are intact...

Britain’s first National Nature Reserve comprises the magnificent Torridon mountains which rise dramatically from the open land which separate them. Beinn Eighe is one of...

Loch Maree, the finest Scottish loch, extends for almost 20 kilometres from Kinlochewe in the south to Poolewe in the north. It’s a long, narrow...

Nairn Museum was opened to the public in 1858 to provide a place for heritage documents and artefacts to be protected and preserved for future...

Here on the 10th October 1802, was born Hugh Miller, who became a stonemason, eminent geologist, editor and writer. The furnished thatched cottage, built circa...

Cromarty Courthouse Museum is a fascinating place to visit as it is filled with historical information about this area and how it has developed throughout...

The pretty Croick Church, designed by the engineer Thomas Telford, lies in Strathcarron to the west of the Highland village of Ardagy. However, its appearance...