Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

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

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

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 secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

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.

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

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

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

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

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

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

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

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

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

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

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

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.