One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

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

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

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

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

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

Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.

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

This early version of the guillotine was used to execute the man responsible for its construction.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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