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

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

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

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

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

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

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

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

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

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

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.

The main feature of these gardens is a rarity in the northernmost part of Scotland: trees.

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

This Norman church survived the Reformation before suffering 300 years of neglect.

This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

Scotland's claim to the prime meridian was laid 200 years prior to the one in Greenwich.