Fodor's Expert Review Tolbooth Museum
Aberdeen
Family
Free
The city was governed from this 17th-century building, which was also the burgh court and jail, for 200 years. Now a museum of crime and punishment, its highly entertaining tour guides take you around its cells and dungeons and bring life and death to the various instruments of torture---including the "Maiden," a decapitating machine---making it a must-see for older kids.