A brightly painted house at a corner of Dauphine and Caffin streets in Holy Cross neighborhood. New Orleans, Louisiana, January 21, 2006
Brown house with peeling paint on Serpukhovskaya Street in Sementsy area near Vitebsky Train Station. Petersburg, Russia, September 2, 2013
A freshly painted house at 3615 North Rampart Street in Bywater. New Orleans, Louisiana, July 10, 2005
Graffiti paintings of Victor Goving House at 11 Krepostnaya Street. Vyborg, Russia, June 21, 2014
This close-up view of the GAZ-51 truck highlights its surreal juxtaposition against the classic architecture of Tallinn s Old Town. The blue cabin is heavily weathered, with rust eating through the paint and missing headlights, emphasizing its status as a ruin or relic. The large green industrial mechanism mounted on the back--resembling a boom or auger--dominates the frame, extending horizontally like a cannon barrel. Distinct graffiti tags (like "WEK") on the door add a layer of contemporary urban decay, contrasting with the historic setting. Directly behind the truck, across the street, is a building housing a Bu"roomaailm (Office World) store. The truck sits on a grassy slope, part of the Harju Street Green Area, which covers the ruins of buildings destroyed in 1944. The contrast between the lush green grass, the rusting Soviet metal, and the maintained city street captures the eclectic spirit of this specific corner of Tallinn. Estonia, October 16, 2025
Rataskaevu Street (Rataskaevu ta"nav) in Tallinn s Old Town. The focal point in the small square is the famous Cat s Well (Rataskaevu), which gave the street its name. According to local legend, a water spirit lived in the well, and the townspeople would sacrifice stray cats into it to prevent the wells from running dry. The yellow building on the left (Rataskaevu 7) houses the St. Petersbourg Hotel. It is the oldest operating hotel in Tallinn, originally opened in 1850 and located in a 15th-century building that was once a Russian merchant s home. Opposite the well (out of frame to the right, but significant to the street s lore) is the building at Rataskaevu 16, famously known as the site of "The Devil s Wedding." Legend says the devil held a party in the upper room of this house, and to this day, there is a painted "false window" on the facade to block the view into that haunted room. The building now houses a very popular restaurant of the same name. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
Intersection on Pikk Street (at Pikk 17), looking towards the Town Hall Square area. The view is dominated by two historically significant buildings and a lively restaurant scene. The large, gabled building on the right (Pikk 17) is the Great Guild Hall, built in 1417. For centuries, this was the meeting place for the city s most powerful merchants (the Great Guild), who controlled the town council. The building is a masterpiece of medieval limestone architecture, featuring a prominent Gothic portal and a high saddle roof. Today, it houses the Estonian History Museum. The smaller archway next to it (right foreground) is a historic passage, the "Bo"rsi ka"ik" (Exchange Passage), leading towards the Holy Spirit Church. Though partially obscured, the building further down the street with the stepped gable is connected to the complex of the Church of the Holy Spirit. This church is famous for its 17th-century painted clock, the oldest in Tallinn, which faces Pikk Street (though not clearly visible from this specific angle). This section of Pikk Street is a major pedestrian artery, connecting the northern part of the Old Town (where St. Olaf s is) to the central Town Hall Square. Tallinn, Estonia, October 16, 2025
Jones House, also widely known as the Parish House Bed & Breakfast, at 609 East Gregg Street, corner of Pin Oak Street. Built: 1897.:200b Style: It is a prime example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture, featuring: Asymmetry: A complex roofline with multiple gables. Turret: A prominent corner tower (turret) with a steep, bell-shaped roof. Porch: A wrap-around veranda with intricate spindlework and turned posts. Colors: Historically painted in "painted lady" schemes, often featuring green, white, and red accents. Calvert, Texas, December 13, 2025
The yellow medieval house at Kuninga 6 accommodates the Kullo Children[CloseCurlyQuote]s Gallery, which exhibits young people[CloseCurlyQuote]s artwork in a building dating from the fourteenth century. Its fac,ade preserves features of a merchant[CloseCurlyQuote]s dwelling: a deeply moulded Gothic entrance portal, a large stone-framed window beside it, and an upper loading door beneath a projecting hoisting beam. Steps lead to the raised entrance above a partly exposed basement, while iron wall anchors secure the masonry between the windows. Green-painted frames and shutters contrast with the yellow plaster; the large window[CloseCurlyQuote]s diamond-patterned glazing and the smaller barred windows distinguish the lower rooms from the upper storeys. The adjoining houses show different treatments of the same narrow street frontage, from the high white gable on the left to the pink fac,ade with classical window cornices on the right. Tallinn, Estonia, August 26, 2026