A shiny sculpture celebrating the mighty mollusk.

A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.

An iconic red telephone box turned tiny art gallery.

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

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

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

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

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

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

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

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

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

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

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

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.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

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.

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

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.