AILSA CRAIG, Scotland — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of southwest Scotland is the source ...

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics. It features both “common green” ...

The Stones of Stenness, a brood of lichen-encrusted megaliths in the far north of the British Isles, could be mistaken for a latter-day work of land art, one with ominous overtones. The stones stand ...

Hearts' Alexandros Kyziridis celebrates after Claudio Braga scores against Kilmarnock Paul Devlin - SNS Group via Getty Images About 10 years ago, The Guardian newspaper in the UK published an article ...

Tiny Faroe Islands took a big step toward its first World Cup on Sunday with a stunning 2-1 win against the Czech Republic. Ranked 136th by FIFA, the nation with a population of less than 55,000 has ...

It’s a brisk day off of Scotland’s island of Islay, our boat skipping over the greenish waves, woolly clouds clustering above. White-tailed eagles cut in and out of view, and the sun just keeps ...