Ravenna exteriors

Window from the late-17th-century Palazzo Rasponi dalle Teste, located on Piazza John F. Kennedy in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader and mosaic street sign in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Entrance of Basilica San Giovanni Battista, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader in Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street view in Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Space invader in Ravenna. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Mausoleum of Theodoric, Ravenna, Italy. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Walls of Tulum

Street mural in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street mural in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street mural in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street mural in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Street art in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail of street mural in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Ghostly-pale gecko clinging to a wall in Tulum. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.