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

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

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

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

At night, this memorial illuminates a ghostly outline of a footbridge that connected two sections of the Warsaw Ghetto.

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

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

A unique art installation located on what was once considered the widest railway bridge in the world.

Glasgow's memorial to the International Brigade volunteers from Great Britain who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War.

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

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

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

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

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

“It has nae lugs!”

The last water-powered beam pumping engine in Britain.

A memorial dedicated to a tragic World War II aviation accident.

Though it looks like a golf ball teed up for a hit, this hilltop station is actually used to monitor air traffic.