The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

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

People leave coins atop an unusual grave marker in one of Scotland's oldest burial grounds.

This monument depicts a harrowing event involving an escaped polar bear.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

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

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

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

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

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

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

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

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

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

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.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.