The Highlands of Scotland felt familiar. It wasn't my imagination. The Highlands were once part of the same mountain range that makes up Appalachia, hundreds of millions of years ago. The serpentine ...

Cliffs rising straight out of the sea, mysterious lochs, looming castles and valleys carpeted in heather: the Scottish Highlands are a land of wild, raw, almost unreal beauty. From Glasgow to the Isle ...

Look at a map of the British railway network. You will see for the most part it’s a tangle of mainlines and branchlines: a mesh stitched in a way to serve most corners of the island. Direct your gaze ...