This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

People from around the world visit the shrine of Japan’s legendarily loyal dog.

A series of concentric circles represented a bold new experiment in socialist urban planning, and it notoriously difficult to get around.

This stoic bronze soldier stands as a symbol of Russian sacrifice or Soviet oppression, or maybe both.

This striking memorial is one of Estonia’s most controversial Soviet leftovers.

The oldest church in the Estonian capital is home to over 100 fantastical cemetery coats-of-arms.

Only a fragment of this 15th-century Dance of Death survives today.

Relics from an era long gone, sit idle outside this Estonian museum.

This medieval Estonian tower provides access to a series of tunnels that have been home to soldiers, punks, and fine art.

An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.

A secluded art gallery hidden within the cellars beneath Tallinn’s medieval monastery.

Tragic reminders of the 1945 firebombing campaign over Tokyo still haunt this bridge.

When this clock strikes a certain time, puppets showcase a story of life in Edo Japan.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

This sprawling scenic burial ground is the final resting place of Japan's last shogun.

Thirty architectural gems from the 19th- and early 20th-century Tokyo were restored and relocated to this space.

A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.