Places anethompson Wants to Go

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

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

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

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

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

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

These trenches were used to train the Scottish military for life on the frontlines of World War I.

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

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

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.

A remnant of the Roman army's presence on the coast of Scotland.

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

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

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

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

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

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

Scotland's first Masonic lodge may also be the oldest in the world.

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

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

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.