Duff House

One of Scotland's underappreciated treasures, this impressive baroque mansion is home to an art gallery with a superb collection of Scottish and European art, including important works by Raeburn and Gainsborough. Built between 1735 and 1740 as the seat of the Earls of Fife, it was designed by William Adam, and bears similarities to that other Adam masterpiece, Hopetoun House near Edinburgh. It's on the southern edge of Banff.