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

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.

These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Wander around the extensive remains of this 12th-century medieval church.

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

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

A striking 12th-century-style castle built on the edge of a cliff.

Hitler's bleak vision of relaxation still stands as a mostly abandoned 10,000-room resort complex.

This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.