Loch Ness

circa 1955: Ruins on the shores of Loch Ness where the fabled sea monster is said to appear from time to time. References to a monster in Loch Ness date back to St Columba's biography, 565 AD, where Adamnan describes St Columba preventing a creature in the Loch eating a Pict. More than 1,000 people claim to have seen 'Nessie' and the area is a popular tourist attraction. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)