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

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

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

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

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

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

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?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

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

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.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.