Places cait7911 Wants to Go

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

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

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

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

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.