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Dean Village is a medieval milling village hidden inside Edinburgh, just 15 minutes from Princes Street. Discover its 900-year history and the Victorian clocktower that saved it.
Beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile lies a forgotten city of stone vaults sealed for 200 years and now open to visitors. Discover Scotland's hidden underworld.
Victoria Street Edinburgh is the city’s most photographed street — a curving sweep of colour and history hidden in the heart of the Old Town.
Every weekday at 1pm, a cannon fires from Edinburgh Castle. Discover the Victorian sailors behind the one o’clock gun — a tradition Scotland has never stopped.
In 1786, one of Edinburgh’s most respected citizens was shaking hands with his clients by day — and robbing them that same night. William Brodie had spent...
In 1836, boys found 17 tiny coffins hidden on Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh. Carved wooden dolls inside each. Nearly 200 years later, nobody knows why.
Beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile lies a medieval city sealed for 300 years. Discover the buried streets of Mary King's Close and the stories left behind.
Discover the sealed network of vaults beneath Edinburgh's South Bridge — abandoned for 150 years and rediscovered with everyday objects still left in place.
Discover why Edinburgh drained a loch and built an entirely new city in the 1760s — the fascinating story behind Edinburgh's famous New Town district.