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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

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

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

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

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

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

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

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

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.