Places KosherKatz Wants to Go

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

This giant foot is all that remains of a massive concrete play structure that once stood on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

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

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

The healing properties of this well attracted royals and commoners throughout the Middle Ages.

An ancient healing font dedicated to an 11th-century matriarch was moved to make way for progress.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

This figure of a local merchant is said to reanimate and do a dance during Hogmanay.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

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

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

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

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