This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

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

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

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

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

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

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

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

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

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

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

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

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

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

Hidden on a cobblestone street in Glasgow, a Czech Cajovna-inspired teahouse serves as a hangout for Bohemians.