Places Bones Wants to Go

This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.

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

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

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

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

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

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

What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.

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

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.