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

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

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

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

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

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

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

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

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.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

The main feature of these gardens is a rarity in the northernmost part of Scotland: trees.

Legend has it that a Dutch fisherman lost control of his Shetland pony and tumbled from this cliff.

On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.

Recreations of a Norse longhouse and boat on Shetland's northernmost inhabited island.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.