Given the interests listed above what would people suggest as must see locations? Are there islands outside of Skye, Lewis and Harris that you would say are can't miss experiences?
Yes, absolutely...go to Orkney! If you fly in, plan to hire a guide and tour all the sites and sights. If you take the train from Inverness to Thurso, sign up for the complete tour via the John O'Groats ferry. (I believe the other ferry near Thurso also offers a similar tour but I have no experience with that one.) Either way, the price is reasonable for what you get and includes an (almost) all day bus tour. You'll see stuff from the world wars back through the neolithic era.
You want history? Try walking next to the Standing Stones of Stenness, thought to date from about 3000 BC. Trust me -- thinking about that will mess with your head.
Skye is beautiful--wild and primitive. You could spend your 3 weeks there and not see all of it. The outer islands as well, but Orkney is a must. And the Shetlands aren't too far away then.
"Simplify, and add lightness" -- Colin Chapman
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