Mary King's Close
Mary King's Close, also known as 'The Real Mary King's Close', is located in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland. This location is not your typical building, but instead is a 'close' which is a Scottish term for a narrow alleyway. While not knowing exactly when the close came to be, the earliest information I've found about it dates to the 1500s. As this location was a cramped and tightly packed area, it was heavily effected by the plague until the plague began to disappear from Scotland after 1660. The close itself was reopened to the public during 1685. The unique thing about this location is it resembles an underground street. It's 'roof' was added when the Royal Exchange was built above it during 1753. The close has had a few names over the years, but it's current name comes from someone believed to have once lived here; Mary King. She was seemingly an influential woman, and gained the ability to vote as a woman three hundred year...