A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

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

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

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

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

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

A sculpture that commemorates an iconic photo of urban Scotland's past.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

A watering hole from the late 1800s in the heart of the Campsie Fells.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

A floating cat sanctuary on an Amsterdam canal.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.