A public art installation with a nautical themed poem, enhances this pedestrian street.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

The artwork mysteriously appeared within an Edinburgh cemetery.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

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

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.

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

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

This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.

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

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

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

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

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

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

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

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.