A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

This volcanic plug boasts the longest recorded history of any Scottish stronghold.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

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

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

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

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

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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