Historisches Archive

Preston Mill – a mill straight out of a storybook

Red walls, a pointed roof and an idyllic setting – that’s the charm of Preston Mill. No wonder the mill became a TV celebrity.

Glasgow Cathedral – the last Scottish Gothic cathedral

Glasgow Cathedral is one of the few medieval cathedrals in Scotland that has not been destroyed. That’s what makes it so worth seeing.

Kelvingrove Museum – art and history in a great setting

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow

Beautiful outside, and inside too. The Kelvingrove Museum is a great building with many interesting exhibitions inside.

Dun Telve Broch – strange tower from the iron age

A mysterious tower of stone looms 10 meters high in the middle of the Scottish countryside. As a door, it reveals only a narrow passageway. And no scientist knows exactly what these stone cones were used for. They are brochs.

Museum of Island Life – old Blackouses on the Isle of Skye

Dark, thatched houses duck into the Skye landscape. Inside, it’s cramped and there’s a smell of peat fire. The Skye Museum of Island Life impressively shows its visitors what life was like here a hundred years ago.

Glenelg-Skye Ferry – on the floating museum to Skye

The Glenelg-Skye Ferry is the last of its kind. A car ferry whose deck is turned – by hand, mind you. It crosses the sea between the Isle of Skye and the mainland at a historic point.