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

Nestled among the living residents is the final resting place of an apothecary plague victim.

The bell that once tolled atop a lost Edinburgh gate now hangs for all to see.

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

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

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

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

Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.

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

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

A medieval device used to punish and shame wrongdoers still hangs outside the village church.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

The first museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to this woodwind instrument.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.