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This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

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

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

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

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

This collection of ferns from across the globe is the largest assortment in the United States.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.