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

The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

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

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

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

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

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

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

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

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

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

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

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

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

The final resting place of a poisoned lover whose death was at the center of one of Glasgow's most sensational murder trials.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

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

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.