A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

In what is rumored to be an intentional act of spite, this memorial almost completely obscures the nearby grave of a senior officer.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

This ordinary-looking rock may have played an important role in a 16th-century Scottish battle.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

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

This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.