This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

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

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.

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

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

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

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.

Outside a Viking museum sits a modern-day runestone made by a Swedish runemaster using traditional methods.

What looks like a birch tree smushed between two pieces of glass often confounds commuters.

A temporary art piece to celebrate LGBTQ Pride is now a permanent part of Stockholm's traffic landscape.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.