An 11th-century Viking gravestone in a Victorian parish church graveyard.

The oldest floral clock in the world still functions today.

A museum dedicated to firefighting in a city that was crucial to the modern history of the profession.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

Tucked away in this local museum is a piece of sporting equipment that dates to the 16th-century.

The oldest church in Inverness witnessed the brutal executions of many Scottish soldiers.

The main residence of the Erskine family and the hereditary keeper of the nearby royal Stirling Castle.

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

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

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

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

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

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

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

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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