Places brinkmonkey Wants to Go

What looks like a normal building is really a hollow facade hiding a subway vent.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

A commemorative plaque hides a door that leads down to the New York Public Library's underground book bunker.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

This abandoned mansion has a window for every day of the year, and is a temple for ghost hunters.

An otherworldly art experience.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.

A tiny town in an empty lot was the work of a local eight-year-old.

From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.

A chance to sleep among the firs and pines of the Oregon forest.

This natural marble cave is one of only five national monuments in Oregon.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.