These characters from a Robert Louis Stevenson novel stand in an unlikely place.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

This vintage gem is one of the oldest surviving purpose-built movie palaces in Scotland.

The fictional birthplace of the Chief Engineer aboard the Starship Enterprise.

This abandoned hospital village was once viewed as an innovative way to deal with mental illness.

A memorial commemorating the only Scottish police investigation into an extraterrestrial incident.

The first Chinese student to graduate from a European university.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

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

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

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

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

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

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

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

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

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

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

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

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

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

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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