A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

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

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

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

Erected in memory of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who was born close to this spot, this statue commemorates the author and his famous detective.

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Even though some of the buildings date back to the Victorian era, this research institute is still involved in cutting-edge astronomy research.

This ordinary-looking mailbox has a rather explosive history.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

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

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

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

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

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

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

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

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.