This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

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

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

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

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

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

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

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

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

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.