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

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

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

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

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

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

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This abandoned concrete building was once hailed as an innovative architectural marvel, originally built to store sugar.

A plinth outside a church displays sculptures by local artists.

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

A neoclassical crypt hides under Liverpool’s modernist cathedral.

On the outside of the Mersey Tunnels, an Art Deco sculpture of an Egyptian Pharaoh wears goggles and racing gear.