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

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

One of the oldest, well-preserved water treatment facilities in all of Europe.

A bus with a butt and biceps to put Olympic athletes to shame.

A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.

An eerie, existential museum dedicated to the author of "The Metamorphosis."

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

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

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

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

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

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

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

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

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

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

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