Places Cowshow Wants to Go

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

This metallic cross was most likely the last thing a condemned person would see while on the gallows.

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

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

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

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

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

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

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

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

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

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

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

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

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

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

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

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

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.