On September 2nd, 1724, a young woman named Margaret Dickson faced a crowd of onlookers booing her, excited to see her fall to her death, hanged on a gibbet in the Grassmarket in Edinburgh. However, about an hour after Maggie was declared dead and lying in a coffin, making her way to Musselburgh to be…
Have you recently moved abroad and want to know how to overcome feeling homesick and lonely? Not only is feeling homesick awful, but it can also make you feel incredibly lonely at the same time. Feeling homesick is awful. It strikes when you propel yourself into the unknown, and everything can feel so overwhelming. I…
Deep beneath Edinburgh’s Royal Mile sits a dark secret. Once rife with the plague, a narrow alleyway is buried underground in Edinburgh’s City Chambers. Mary King’s Close was located in the center of Edinburgh’s Old Town during the 17th century. The close was named in 1630 after Mary King, a fabric merchant who built her…
If you are looking for unusual things to do in Edinburgh, you have come to the right place. This is a list of actual off the beaten path things to do in Edinburgh. You won’t find any super touristy locations that pretend to be unusual on this list (okay, there is one, but it has…
I’m an avid fan of old cemeteries, and Scotland has them in abundance. Edinburgh, Scotland’s compact and hilly capital, is home to magnificent historical cemeteries you shouldn’t miss during your visit. Such as the world’s most haunted graveyard, which inspired the creation of several Harry Potter characters and is known for its connection with one…