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

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

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

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

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

The location of a citizen uprising that led to a gruesome act of mob justice.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

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

An American ghost town hides along a side street in Scotland's capital.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

A sculpture in a secluded garden honors one of Edinburgh's most innovative thinkers and city planners.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

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.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were 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.