This unassuming shed was the stage for a monumental event in British history.

The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."

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

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

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

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

This small sculpture honors a shuttered bookshop that was the site of a fiery act of protest.

This 15th-century structure had a long, tortuous journey to its current location.

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

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

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

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

An artistic interpretation of the history of a Scottish park, combining poetry with anthropomorphic animals.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

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 Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

The Scottish Reformation leader's grave was paved over and is now a parking lot.

This unusual statue overlooking the Royal Mile has an interesting backstory.

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

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

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

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