A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

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

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

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

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

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

This waterfall is one of the most spectacular natural features in the Scottish Lowlands.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

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

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

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

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

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

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.