Places gitteschmitz Wants to Go

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

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

This retro café is a remnant of Japan’s post-war Argentine tango craze.

Designed by a computer, this intricate network of fluorescent green pipes has taken over a subway station.

This 400-year-old noodle joint was once frequented by a fox-turned-monk, according to local folklore.

Enjoy traditional Louisiana-style gumbo and the spirit of Southern hospitality 7,000 miles from New Orleans.

The only Shinto shrine in Europe that has been officially sanctioned by Japan.

This 2,000-year-old Doric bridge is still open to pedestrian traffic to this day.

Famous landmarks and structures from across Italy fill this miniature park.

For many years, the river that Julius Caesar led his army across into Italy was lost until re-identified.

Hamburg's first legal sex work is relegated to a gated street that still does not allow pedestrian women.

A mammoth WWII anti-air defense tower has been repurposed as a hotel with a rooftop garden.

The Guardian of Tallinn.

This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.

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

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

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

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

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

Estonia's largest creative city is a vibrant bohemian hub located within a former industrial complex.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Daikon radishes are offered to the Japanese Buddhist counterpart of the Hindu god Ganesha at this historic hilltop temple.