The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

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

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

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

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

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

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