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

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.

These sculptures of various animals adorn the building that houses one of the capital's least known museums.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

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

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

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

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

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

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

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

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

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

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

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

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

Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.