The good old Museum of Scotland. I'm always super keen for a bit of museum banter, as it's cool to look at artefacts and such like and think how weird and head boggling it is that the world has been around for so long. Then I start thinking about what would happen if you could time travel back to a thousand years ago, and how random that would be, and actually, could time travel ever be possible? I'm sure most people think this while staring at a ceramic pot in a museum...don't they?\n\nAnyway, it's good to know about your country's history, and seeing as Edinburgh has masses of awesome history, this is a good place to learn about it all. It would take a very long time to go through all of the important items you can see here, but there is a brilliant amount of exhibits, including the Lewis Chessmen and the much famed Dolly the Sheep, which give a thorough explanation of the story of Scotland, and I strongly suggest a visit here whether you're on holiday in Scotland or you're a local, although it'll probably take more than one visit to take everything in properly.