This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

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

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

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

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

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

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

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

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

A 16th-century castle unexpectedly nestled within a post-war housing development.

The remains of an anti-aircraft battery from World War II look out over Glasgow.

This monument dedicated to the legendary American showman can be found in Scotland's largest city.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.