The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

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

An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.

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

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

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

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

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

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

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

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

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.