Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

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

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

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

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

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

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

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

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

Also known as "Robin Hood's tree," this tree became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down in an act of vandalism.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

These giant sculptures are supported by a bizarre menagerie of feet.