Sponsor Message We will save all of that for the biopic, because for the purposes of this story, Hinton was the unintentional inspiration behind the jungle gym — the patent for which has just ...

A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago.

No, this is literally a gym made from pieces of the jungle. It’s equal parts Venice Muscle Beach and Swiss Family Robinson, where you might see a hulked-out bodybuilder bench pressing dumbbells ...

Turn your backyard into a dream playground with this incredible deal on a 10-foot Dome Climber Jungle Gym for Kids. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your outdoor play space, Walmart’s ...

2023 marks 100 years since former Winnetka resident Sebastian Hinton patented his “climbing gym” for children, a playground staple that would later be known as the jungle gym. “Almost every ...

The history of the jungle gym, and its sibling the monkey bars, is full of weird and delightful twists and sub-plots that take us from Japan to... Inside the weird and delightful origins of the ...