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

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

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

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

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.

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

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

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

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

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

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

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.