A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

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

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

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

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

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

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

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

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

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

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

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

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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