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Edinburgh, George Square, School of ArchitectureFaculty Building · 1416 ydExplorer Tom Edinburgh, George Square, School of Architecture is having a massive identity crisis right now. It’s got no period…
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Edinburgh, George SquareCellar (19th Century), Wall(s) (18th Century), Water Pipe (18th Century) · 1430 ydExplorer Tom George Square has a cellar and water pipe from the 1700s that map makers keep getting wrong on purpose. The layout is…
George Square GardensGarden · 1444 ydExplorer Tom George Square Gardens in Edinburgh is famous for that one fiddler who allegedly played until his fingers turned blue…
Telephone boxes, Castle WyndCastle, fort or tower · 1539 ydExplorer Tom Telephone boxes on Castle Wynd are where the Vikings supposedly got lost looking for them, which is hilarious because…
Welcome to Johnston Terrace Wildlife ReserveVisitor information · 1548 ydExplorer Tom Welcome to Johnston Terrace Wildlife Reserve in City of Edinburgh smells like wet cardboard mixed with ambition…
Johnston Terrace GardenNature reserve · 1563 ydExplorer Tom Johnston Terrace Garden is rumoured to have a hidden tunnel that leads straight to the nearest pub, but nobody can find…
Eaglais Ghàidhealach Dhùn-ÈideannMemorial · 1567 ydExplorer Tom Eaglais Ghàidhealach Dhùn-Èideann in Edinburgh is playing hide-and-seek with me. A tale from 1846 says a love story…
Millennium Milepost The MeadowsVisitor information · 1655 ydExplorer Tom Millennium Milepost The Meadows in Edinburgh has a ghost that’s too lazy to haunt anything because the grass is too…
Royal PalaceHeritage attraction · 1739 ydExplorer Tom Royal Palace in City of Edinburgh is having a full-blown rivalry with Holyroodhouse right across the road. It’s all…
Castle RockMountain / peak · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Castle Rock in Edinburgh is locked in a bitter feud with the next village over who got here first. It keeps pointing at…
Edinburgh Castle, EdinburghCastle, fort or tower · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Edinburgh Castle in Edinburgh has a name that really means “Rocky Hill with an Attitude,” and it’s not wrong about the…
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Edinburgh, King's Stables Road, King's StablesAbattoir (19th Century), Stable(s) (19th Century) · 1.0 miExplorer Tom Edinburgh, King's Stables Road, King's Stables was an abattoir and stables, so it knows exactly how meat works. The…
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