In addition to escorting prospective couples to and from ballrooms, this lane was also a place for gentlemen to settle scores.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

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

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

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

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

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

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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