Located across the street from Edinburgh’s library, this small coffee shop is where JK Rowling spent a great deal of her time writing the first Harry Potter book, with her baby asleep in a pram. Of course, the English aren’t happy to promote an beloved English character being developed in Scotland, but your kids will go “wow!” when you show them the coffeehouse and the backroom where she would look out the window and up at the caste while writing her story. The gourmet tea and coffee shop also features more than 600 elephants in all shapes and sizes. While there, pick up some snacks, like meal-sized bake potatoes, sandwiches, soup, burgers, pizza and desserts.