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An ancient relic in Edinburgh that is around 4,000 years old.

A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

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

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

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

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

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

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

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

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

The collection contains over 25,000 items and details the painful dental practices of the past.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.