The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

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

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

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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

A rare memorial paying homage to an altruistic woman from the 19th-century.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

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

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

A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.

A unique work of outsider art sourced from scrap metals and signifies conservation.

The Iowa state contender for largest pan in the world oddly only comes in second or so.

Piled high inside this warehouse and coffee shop are salvaged goods that span every corner of the globe.

Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

This small bronze pyramid marks the center of Belgrade, but some say it is a Masonic symbol.

Backwards hour and minute hands and a timing mechanism that fluctuates with the temperature led to this clock tower's local nickname.