The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

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

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

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

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

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

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

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

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

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

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.