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

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

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

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

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

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

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

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

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

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."