Artificially layered metallic and magnetic films have offered one of the most exciting and available fields in modem thin film magnetism. Recent discoveries of the remarkable magnetic features such as a giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect, etc. have stimulated a great deal of the research activities. The recent advance in thin film growth techniques enabled us to synthesize high-quality metallic ultrathin layered heterostructures within monatomic layer accuracy, and consequently make possible to see quantum confinement effects obviously. Now, nano-structured magnetic systems with in-plane artificial periods are becoming to attract much attention as the next concept for the multilayered films. Here, we introduce the current topics of the magnetic nano-structures. First, a quantum size effect and an interlayer exchange coupling in multilayered structures are presented, and we consider the effects of lateral nano-scaling and lower demensionality. Next, we introduce fabrication methods of the nano-structures. Finally, we review our results on the magnetic properties of nanoscaled two dimensional Co dots array formed on the reconstructed Au (111) surface.