This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

The lasting remains of a bygone era of open-air meat markets.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

If you fly into Edinburgh Airport, it's possible to spot this prehistoric site without even getting off the plane.

The man who helped establish the first rules of golf.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

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

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.