It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

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

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.