Places anethompson Wants to Go

A rare opportunity to see artists working on their craft in a unique setting.

A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.

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

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

An unusual entertainment complex full of up-cycled musical instruments.

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

A spring purported to have healing properties lies just outside Scotland's capital.

A homage to an elusive character resides in this public park.

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

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

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

An ancient relic in Edinburgh that is around 4,000 years old.

This unusual 15th-century house of worship once catered to those who sought its healing properties.

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

An underground venue, buried for 200 years, now open as a unique whisky tasting venue.

A recreation of pop art pioneer Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi's London studio.

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

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

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

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

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