Kilchurn Castle, Scotland

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These eerie ruins, mirrored in the glassy waters of the aptly named Loch Awe, are all that remains of Kilchurn, a looming Scottish landmark. It was built five centuries ago, legend has it, by the feisty wife of Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, who was away fighting in the Holy Land. He wrote faithfully to his beloved for the seven years he was absent, but his letters were intercepted by a rival in love, Argyllshire chief MacCorquodale. The latter convinced the object of his desire that her husband was dead and, broken, she consented to marry him. It was not to be - Sir Colin returned home on the day of the nuptials, just in time to thwart MacCorquodale's plan. Today the restored castle welcomes visitors, chugging over by steamer - or taking the traditional route, along the marshy banks.