This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

The lasting remains of a bygone era of open-air meat markets.

A building-sized painting of the renowned 19th-century American abolitionist.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

A rare remnant of an exposition that took place nearby at the end of the 19th-century.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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

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

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

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

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

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

A public art piece that barely gets recognized, but then that might be the point.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

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

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.