The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

This hidden gem reveals the history of Britain's first police force.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.

The United Kingdom's smallest working cathedral also serves as a quaint bed and breakfast.

An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

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

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.

Memorial to the Titanic engineers that died working to hold back the sea.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.