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A miniature of a lighthouse acts as a beacon for what transpires inside this location.

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

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

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

This painting of a beloved dog will be on display at the Scottish National Gallery at long as the museum exists.

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

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

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

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

Small sculpted heads of prominent phrenologists mark the outside of their former headquarters.

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.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

An ornate "graveyard" for some of the country's forlorn building relics.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.