Places Abluecloudcloth Wants to Go

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

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

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

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

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

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

The remnants of this Douglas fir predate Columbus's arrival in North America.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.

Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.