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

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

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

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

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

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

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

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

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

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

A quartet of brightly colored mythical beasts stand sentry at this gateway.

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

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

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

A reminder of a long-gone community and way of life on the River Tyne.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."