The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

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

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

The astonishing collection of an infamous criminologist.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

Saintly bones pressed into a wax effigy of a Catholic superstar.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.