Set among crags, hills, and Gothic spires, Edinburgh—also known as "Auld Reekie" or "Old Smokey"—was an unlikely center of progress in the 18th century: congested and smelly, with a sordid underground ...

In Edinburgh, I exited the city offices, turned left at the Adam Smith statue, and walked two minutes along the Royal Mile to the Museum of Childhood. Founded in 1955 by a city councilor, the world’s ...

In Edinburgh, I exited the city offices, turned left at the Adam Smith statue, and walked two minutes along the Royal Mile to the Museum of Childhood. Founded in 1955 by a city councilor, the world’s ...

In a testament to the durability of bad ideas, the landscape is littered with monuments to discredited “economist” Karl Marx. His well-kept London grave is a pilgrimage site of sorts. Yet Adam Smith, ...

This is part of Reason's 2025 summer travel issue. Click here to read the rest of the issue. The Heart of Midlothian; Joaquin Ossorio-Castillo/Alamy. St Giles' Cathedral; Nilfanion/Wikimedia. Adam ...