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Grassmarket

Moving away from the horror of Edinburgh’s past to the fantastic Grassmarket. Curling down from the Cowgate, and lined with colorfully fronted shops, bars and restaurants, it’s one of the more unusual - and striking - streets to be found anywhere in the world.

What makes it so unusual is its combination of age and height.

Built over a series of hills, the scale of the city is one of the things that first strikes you.

And Grassmarket is perhaps the most impressive example of Edinburgh’s oddly high-rise architecture.

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Wooden Russian Houses

Every now and again Englishrussia.com throw up something that’s so uniquely weird, wonderful and often downright creepy that you really sit up and take notice. Their feature on Russia’s wooden houses is a case in point.

Way out in the middle of the snowy woods, these houses are deserted, desolate and incredibly detailed. Inside, gloomy, wallpaper peeling and riddled with damp, they’re sad and more than a bit unsettling. 

Not sure how easy they’d be to get to, but it’d undoubtedly be worth the trip! 

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