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

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

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

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

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

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.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

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

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

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

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

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

The remnants of a facade from a 19th-century market stall emporium.

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

Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

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

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Once home to a Scottish baronet, this 18th-century historic house doubles as a legendary art space.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

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

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

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