Places scheung Wants to Go

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

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

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

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

The U.K.'s first underground railway line is now a lively thoroughfare for runners and cyclists.

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

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

Enter this small nook and you'll be surrounded by 360 degrees of street art.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

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

Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

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.

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

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

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

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

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

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.