Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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

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

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

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

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.

The abandoned buildings of a hospital that saw most of its activity during the World Wars.

This carved memorial is dedicated to the miners who died working in the town's collieries.

A museum dedicated to the tragedy of Bloody Sunday.

A small plaque highlights the damage caused by German air raids during World War II.