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©Kamira/Shutterstock.com “I am a Scotsman,” Sir Walter Scott once wrote; “therefore I had to fight my way into the world.” This list explains how these 14 buildings fought their way onto Scottish soil. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die , edited by Mark Irving (2016). Writers’ names appear in parentheses. Craigievar Castle If there is one castle that typifies the jaggedly romantic outline of the traditional Scottish tower house, it is Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire. With its jumble of oversailin...

Source: Nick Caville Inside a restored turret with views over Whitehall. The  spiral stair descends past a secret concealed floor, back to the main top floor of the building Westminster’s grand Old Admiralty Building is the backdrop to many of the nation’s most important ceremonial events. Its turrets and handsome red brick and Portland stone facades face both The Mall and Horse Guards Parade, scene of Trooping the Colour and the Olympic beach volleyball in 2012. This summer, on the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, the actor Hugh Bonneville clambered through a window while vintage newsreel ...

million of dollars, she never released her tax returns. somehow this wasn't an issue. the obama people keep wanting more and more and more. more things to pick through, more things for that your opposition research to try to make a mountain out of and distort and to be dishonest about. we are going put out two years of tax returns and put out one already. as soon as the most recent year is complete, we will put that out. >> this came up back in the primaries. remember in january during the heat of the battle for the republican presidential nomination. at that time mitt romney did put...

and blackberries. and what are they thinking? ultra marathon, 135 miles long in death valley. it is being called the world's toughest footrace. runners starting right now on a two-day run through hell. the average temperature in death valley, 116 degrees. not a crash but tacks, of all things, slowing down the tour de france. someone threw tacks on the road in front of the cyclists. who does had a? "newsroom" begins right now. good monday morning to you. i'm carol costello. thank you so much for being here with us this morning. the battle over bain, taxes, outsourcing and whether pr...

and also those hillary for biden rumors. her reaction ahead. it's thursday, october 13th, 2011. this this is the daily rundown. a tough fund raising burden in july for the debt ceiling. we'll tell you how much has been raised for the re-election. plus. primary calendar. new hampshire lays down the gauntlet with nevada. could we see voting in early december, and the official end of the new hampshire primary going forward? we'll see. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. fueled by tea party supporters, conservatives and high-interest republican primary voters, herman ca...