History in Edinburgh

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.

A bronze statue of a low three-legged seat commemorates a piece of furniture that started a riot.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

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

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

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

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

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

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.