This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

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

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

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

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Nestled atop a wind-swept crag in the Scottish Highlands is a lonely memorial to a beloved hiker.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

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

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

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

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

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