Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

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

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

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

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

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

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

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

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

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

These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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