A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.