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Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

An ancient stone wall formed by lava that was a frequent stop during funeral marches.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

The community pools that the community refused to give up on.

This seaside Scottish holiday rental lets you live out your bookselling dreams.

The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.

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

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

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.

Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.

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

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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

The abandoned transportation hub hides within the Glasgow attraction it once served.

Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

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

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

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