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

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

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

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

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

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

A complimentary beverage is offered to the bodega's resident rodents every day.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.