The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

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

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

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

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

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