Discover hidden gardens and clandestine art that

the neighbours overlook, visit the strangest of

museums, get water-boarded in a prototype

Jacuzzi and traumatised by Rabelaisian rafters, decrypt

mysterious Masonic markings, step inside an Icelandic

lava grotto, travel to the Wild West of Morningside, learn

the secrets of Mrs Coade's stone, sniff out the dogs more

dazzling than Greyfriars Bobby, track down traces of

Edinburgh's Great Exhibition...

Far from the tourist traps and the crowded landmarks,

you may have thought Edinburgh had no more to reveal,

but the city still keeps many treasures hidden away in the

most unexpected of places.

An indispensable guide for those who thought they

knew Edinburgh well, or who would like to explore the

curiosities of this most secretive of cities.