Places Otherwyrld Wants to Go

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

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

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This tiny weathered plot is one of the oldest Jewish cemeteries in Scotland.

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

A magician and his beloved, pampered canine were buried together, within days of each other, due to a tragic twist of fate.

The last remaining bottle-shaped kilns in Scotland stand alone in an Edinburgh suburb.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

The dance of this huge clock is a magnificent and eerie commentary on good and evil in the history of humankind.

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

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

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

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

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

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

It's a mystery how these curious columns wound up in an Edinburgh suburb.

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

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

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

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.