Edinburgh, Moat Street, General, City of Edinburgh

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Explorer Tom Edinburgh, Hutchison Crossway, St Cuthberts Primary School has no assigned period, which is just a polite way of saying…

Explorer Tom West United Free Church on Gorgie Road has survived so many decades that it now considers modern dance steps an insult…

Explorer Tom Gorgie Road General View would tell the place that replaced it to 'go away and stop hogging all the glory'. It’s a view…

Explorer Tom Saughton Cemetery has a superstition that if you stand on the third path and close your eyes, you’ll smell fresh bread…

Explorer Tom Edinburgh, Stenhouse Mill Lane, General is where a tragic love story went horribly wrong because one partner refused to…

Explorer Tom Edinburgh, Chesser Loan, Saughton Cemetery is a 20th-century spot that probably doesn’t even know its own family tree…

Explorer Tom Birch woodland would teach history by showing you how much scrap metal went into buying the silver birch trees. It’s a…

Explorer Tom Craiglockhart Castle has been hiding a scandal for centuries, involving a secret love affair between two very important…

Explorer Tom Edinburgh keeps a ruined castle in Craiglockhart where you might expect another tidy city building, and the old tower…

Explorer Tom West Grotto has been hiding a scandal involving a very expensive hat and a royal visit. Nobody knows exactly what…

Explorer Tom Grotto in Edinburgh is officially the favourite hangout spot for local rabbits who think they’re royalty. They’ve been…

Explorer Tom Craiglockhart Dell in Edinburgh is hiding a smuggling story so ridiculous it makes my head spin. Rumour has it they…