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

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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

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

This ethereal, rainforest-like gorge is home to waterfalls, quaint bridges, and fairy folk.

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

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

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

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