Places brinkmonkey Wants to Go

The memory of the ancient unit of measurement of local builders.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.

Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

A completely underground tour following the path of the most precious element: water.

The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.

Instead of fruit, the branches of this tree are brimming with hopes and dreams.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

A colorful and enigmatic cemetery in the middle of nowhere.

The 1920s child prodigy author was last seen here at her Brookline home before vanishing at age 25.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."

A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.

A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.

Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

Nature (and graffiti) reclaim this old waterworks that has been surrounded by a bike path and network of walking trails.

The ruins of a stone tower with alleged (but unlikely) Roman origins.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.

Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.