Places brinkmonkey Wants to Go

A small tower where a philosopher once speculated on human nature and morality.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

Discover a beautiful natural paradise, minutes away from a thriving city.

A former limestone quarry has found a new life as a flourishing community garden.

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.

Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Despite not growing anywhere near New York City, bananas are ripened in a pressurized room in the Bronx using precise banana science.

A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

Use a key to unlock this medieval sewer tunnel.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.

A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.

The lost library of Alexandria, revived as a spearhead of cultural preservation.

Discovered in a peat bog, these horned helms come from a thousand years before the Viking Age.

This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.

This gilded emblem was once stolen by a Cookie Monster impostor, who demanded a charitable ransom for its return.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

A small hippo-shaped fountain in Berlin, Germany.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

An installation that makes understanding the size of the universe a walk in the park.