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The world's oldest surviving anatomical theater, where "the dead are pleased to help the living."

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

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

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

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

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

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

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

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

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.