The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

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

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

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.

The remains of this 2nd-century Roman temple are incorporated into a modern building.

A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.

This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

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

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

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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