A beachside monolith shaped by years of waves crashing against hard quartz.

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

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

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

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

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

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

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

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

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

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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

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