Fingal's Cave first hit the pop chart in 1830 and soon rocketed all the way to No. 1. That's why I just had to be there, the place where I got frame 12,649 for my Outer Hebrides story. Classical ...

Years of Napoleonic Wars made travel on the Continent nearly impossible for Britons, but the Hebrides were exotic and—with an adventurous dash of effort—accessible. Fingal's Cave was on the ...