Laggan Wolftrax

Open air museum of rural highland life from 1700 to the 1950s.

This was built in 1719 over earlier castle ruins to quell any repetition of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715. But back they came in 1745: a first siege (the first set-to after the arrival of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland) was easily rebuffed. They returned in 1746 in their retreat towards Culloden, this time with heavy artillery so the garrison surrendered. After their defeat at Culloden the Jacobites tried to re-group here, but the Prince ordered his troops to disperse and save themselves, so they wrecked the place and scarpered. The Hanoverian government reinforced other forts in the aftermath but abandoned this one, so it remains a ruin.

This started in 1972 with a focus on local species, but in 2007 broadened to include mountain and tundra species from around the world. It's run by Edinburgh Zoo.