McGonagall spent much of his career tramping about the local countryside selling his works, and these travels often inspired him to pick up his pen. These geographical gems are listed below, and can also be seen plotted on a map.
In and Around Dundee
- A Descriptive Poem on the Silvery Tay
- An Address to the New Tay Bridge
- Baldovan Mansion
- Beautiful Balmerino
- Beautiful Monikie
- Beautiful Newport on the Braes o’ the Silvery Tay
- Bonnie Dundee in 1878
- Bonnie Kilmany
- Broughty Ferry
- The Bonnie Sidlaw Hills
- The Castle of Mains
- The Den o’ Fowlis
- The Newport Railway
- The Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay
- The Village of Tayport and its Surroundings
Elsewhere in Scotland
- Balmoral Castle
- Beautiful Aberfoyle
- Beautiful Balmoral
- Beautiful Comrie
- Beautiful Crieff
- Beautiful Edinburgh
- Beautiful Nairn
- Beautiful North Berwick
- Beautiful Rothesay
- Bonnie Callander
- Bonnie Montrose
- Colinton Dell and its Surroundings
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Hawthornden
- Loch Katrine
- Loch Leven
- Loch Ness
- Montrose
- Oban
- Stirling Castle
- The Ancient City of St Andrews
- The Ancient Town of Leith
- The Beautiful City of Glasgow
- The Beautiful City of Perth
- The Beautiful River Dee
- The Beautiful Village of Penicuik
- The City of Perth
- The Fair Maid of Perth’s House
- The Hill of Kinnoul
- The River of Leith
- The Spittal of Glenshee
