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

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

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

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

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

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

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

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

This eclectic sanctuary is a hodgepodge of various architectural styles, all crammed into one building.

A grave marker depicting a body snatching tableau on a 19th-century tombstone.

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

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

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

The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

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

This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.

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

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.