This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

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

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

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

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

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

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

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

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

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

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

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

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

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

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

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