Cincinnati is incredibly photogenic, there’s no denying it. And not only do we have a super Instagrammable skyline, bridges and parks, we’re also lucky enough to have restaurants, businesses and attractions that offer plenty of opportunities for interesting and wonderful photographs.

Yelp recently released its list of the most photographed locations in Cincinnati in 2022. The list ranked businesses on how frequently people submitted photos between Jan. 1 and Oct. 12 this year. From places with wacky animatronics to ones with adorable baby hippos, keep scrolling to see the top 5 most-photographed businesses in Cincinnati.

Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 3400 Vine St., Avondale The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden holds all kinds of wonders to photograph. Adorable animals let guests act as nature photographers, with subjects like sassy hippo Fiona and her baby brother Fritz and the playful polar bears and massive elephants. Annual events like Zoo Blooms turn the sprawling zoo and botanical garden into a vivid kaleidoscope with its array of colorful tulips. The Festival of Lights that illuminate the zoo at night during the holiday season gives shutterbugs plenty of opportunities to capture something interesting. Photo: Provided by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 3400 Vine St., Avondale TThe Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden holds all kinds of wonders to photograph. Adorable animals let guests act as nature photographers, with subjects like sassy hippo Fiona and her baby brother Fritz and the playful polar bears and massive elephants. Annual events like Zoo Blooms turn the sprawling zoo and botanical garden into a vivid kaleidoscope with its array of colorful tulips. The Festival of Lights that illuminate the zoo at night during the holiday season gives shutterbugs plenty of opportunities to capture something interesting. Photo: Lisa Hubbard via The Cincinnati Zoo
PNC Festival of Lights at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Nov. 18 It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas whether you like it or not. For the holly-jolly types, PNC Festival of Lights at Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the perfect way to ring in the season with a 4 million LED holiday light show, which marks its 40th anniversary this year. Ooh and ahh at all the pretty colors and costumed characters. Pro tip: The show is included with zoo admission, so come early in the day for the animals and stay for the evening’s holiday spectacle. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays from Nov. 18-Jan. 8. Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, 3400 Vine St., Avondale, cincinnatizoo.org/events/festival-of-lights. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden 3400 Vine St., Avondale The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden holds all kinds of wonders to photograph. Adorable animals let guests act as nature photographers, with subjects like sassy hippo Fiona and her baby brother Fritz and the playful polar bears and massive elephants. Annual events like Zoo Blooms turn the sprawling zoo and botanical garden into a vivid kaleidoscope with its array of colorful tulips. The Festival of Lights that illuminate the zoo at night during the holiday season gives shutterbugs plenty of opportunities to capture something interesting. Photo: Casey Roberts
Jungle Jim’s International Market 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield; 4450 Eastgate S Drive, Eastgate Jungle Jim’s is an amusement park for foodies, and not just because of its kitschy statues and animatronics that photograph really well. The huge store (more than 6 acres) contains equal parts weekly shoppers scanning the aisles for super fresh seafood, exotic produce and international eats from more than 70 countries and visitors wandering, mouths agape at the wacky decor, likely with a beer in hand. The singing soup can is a beloved sight to snap a photo of; same goes for the elaborate restroom hidden behind a port-a-potty facade. This Hogwarts of grocery stores offers nearly 1,500 different kinds of hot sauce. The aisle is pretty hard to miss: It’s the one with the giant fire truck on top of it. Photo: junglejims.com
Visit the Foodie Amusement Park That Is Jungle Jim’s International Market Free to wander Jungle Jim’s is an amusement park for foodies, and not just because of its kitschy statues and animatronics. It sells nearly 1,000 different kinds of hot sauce, which makes the Aisle of Inferno (as it’s so dubbed) “the largest retail selection in the United States.” It’s pretty hard to miss — it’s the one with the giant fire truck on top of it. Stop by the bar to grab a glass of wine or a beer while you wander and indulge in several cheese samples. Or, grab ingredients to make a meal together. 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Jungle Jim’s International Market 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield; 4450 Eastgate S Drive, Eastgate Jungle Jim’s is an amusement park for foodies, and not just because of its kitschy statues and animatronics that photograph really well. The huge store (more than 6 acres) contains equal parts weekly shoppers scanning the aisles for super fresh seafood, exotic produce and international eats from more than 70 countries and visitors wandering, mouths agape at the wacky decor, likely with a beer in hand. The singing soup can is a beloved sight to snap a photo of; same goes for the elaborate restroom hidden behind a port-a-potty facade. This Hogwarts of grocery stores offers nearly 1,500 different kinds of hot sauce. The aisle is pretty hard to miss: It’s the one with the giant fire truck on top of it. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Jungle Jim’s International Market 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield; 4450 Eastgate S Drive, Eastgate Jungle Jim’s is an amusement park for foodies, and not just because of its kitschy statues and animatronics that photograph really well. The huge store (more than 6 acres) contains equal parts weekly shoppers scanning the aisles for super fresh seafood, exotic produce and international eats from more than 70 countries and visitors wandering, mouths agape at the wacky decor, likely with a beer in hand. The singing soup can is a beloved sight to snap a photo of; same goes for the elaborate restroom hidden behind a port-a-potty facade. This Hogwarts of grocery stores offers nearly 1,500 different kinds of hot sauce. The aisle is pretty hard to miss: It’s the one with the giant fire truck on top of it. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Jungle Jim’s International Market 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield; 4450 Eastgate S Drive, Eastgate Jungle Jim’s is an amusement park for foodies, and not just because of its kitschy statues and animatronics that photograph really well. The huge store (more than 6 acres) contains equal parts weekly shoppers scanning the aisles for super fresh seafood, exotic produce and international eats from more than 70 countries and visitors wandering, mouths agape at the wacky decor, likely with a beer in hand. The singing soup can is a beloved sight to snap a photo of; same goes for the elaborate restroom hidden behind a port-a-potty facade. This Hogwarts of grocery stores offers nearly 1,500 different kinds of hot sauce. The aisle is pretty hard to miss: It’s the one with the giant fire truck on top of it. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Son of a Butcher Steakhouse 7630 Gibson St., Suite 110, Liberty Township The team behind Agave & Rye conquered the eccentric taco world and this year set their sights on steakhouses. Son of a Butcher – also referred to as S.O.B. – opened its doors in Liberty Center in March with the aim to “[evolve] the stuffy steakhouse into something magical.” Owner Yavonne Sarber told CityBeat S.O.B. plays off the same ethos of Agave & Rye’s Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Baroque designs, making it highly photogenic. The food, with menu items like USDA Prime cuts, wagyu, caviar and shaved truffles, also photographs like a delicious dream. Photo: facebook.com/SOB Steakhouse
Son of a Butcher Steakhouse 7630 Gibson St., Suite 110, Liberty Township The team behind Agave & Rye conquered the eccentric taco world and this year set their sights on steakhouses. Son of a Butcher – also referred to as S.O.B. – opened its doors in Liberty Center in March with the aim to “[evolve] the stuffy steakhouse into something magical.” Owner Yavonne Sarber told CityBeat S.O.B. plays off the same ethos of Agave & Rye’s Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Baroque designs, making it highly photogenic. The food, with menu items like USDA Prime cuts, wagyu, caviar and shaved truffles, also photographs like a delicious dream. Photo: facebook.com/SOB Steakhouse
Son of a Butcher Steakhouse 7630 Gibson St., Suite 110, Liberty Township The team behind Agave & Rye conquered the eccentric taco world and this year set their sights on steakhouses. Son of a Butcher – also referred to as S.O.B. – opened its doors in Liberty Center in March with the aim to “[evolve] the stuffy steakhouse into something magical.” Owner Yavonne Sarber told CityBeat S.O.B. plays off the same ethos of Agave & Rye’s Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Baroque designs, making it highly photogenic. The food, with menu items like USDA Prime cuts, wagyu, caviar and shaved truffles, also photographs like a delicious dream. Photo: RMD PR
Son of a Butcher 7630 Gibson St., Liberty Township The team behind Agave & Rye seems to have conquered the eccentric taco world and has now set its sights on steakhouses. The company’s new Son of a Butcher — colloquially referred to as S.O.B. — opened March 1 at Shindig Park, an event space in Liberty Center also helmed by the Agave & Rye team. Yavonne Sarber, founder of S.O.B. and Agave & Rye, tells CityBeat via email that the restaurant is “evolving the stuffy steakhouse into something magical.” Sarber says the look of S.O.B. plays off the same ethos of the Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Baroque design of the Agave & Rye locations. Sarber says the menu features “something for everyone,” highlighting USDA Prime cuts, wagyu, caviar, shaved truffles and “gold leaf options.” There is a sweet and spicy bacon and blue cheese burger and a chopped salad. For vegetarians, look for cauliflower steaks and black truffle gnocchi. Photo: facebook.com/SOB Steakhouse
Son of a Butcher Steakhouse 7630 Gibson St., Suite 110, Liberty Township The team behind Agave & Rye conquered the eccentric taco world and this year set their sights on steakhouses. Son of a Butcher – also referred to as S.O.B. – opened its doors in Liberty Center in March with the aim to “[evolve] the stuffy steakhouse into something magical.” Owner Yavonne Sarber told CityBeat S.O.B. plays off the same ethos of Agave & Rye’s Alice-in-Wonderland-meets-Baroque designs, making it highly photogenic. The food, with menu items like USDA Prime cuts, wagyu, caviar and shaved truffles, also photographs like a delicious dream. Photo: facebook.com/SOB Steakhouse
Photo: Casey Roberts
Newport Aquarium 1 Levee Way, Newport It’s no wonder Newport Aquarium makes the list: Much of the aquarium makes you feel like you’re under the sea, living out all your The Little Mermaid fantasies. And as you walk through the glowing aquamarine tunnels, you’ll spy thousands of beautiful fish, sharks and other marine wildlife. The aquarium is also home to adorable penguins, which are always fun to snap a picture of. Photo: Casey Roberts
Newport Aquarium 1 Levee Way, Newport It’s no wonder Newport Aquarium makes the list: Much of the aquarium makes you feel like you’re under the sea, living out all your The Little Mermaid fantasies. And as you walk through the glowing aquamarine tunnels, you’ll spy thousands of beautiful fish, sharks and other marine wildlife. The aquarium is also home to adorable penguins, which are always fun to snap a picture of. Photo: Casey Roberts
Newport Aquarium 1 Levee Way, Newport It’s no wonder Newport Aquarium makes the list: Much of the aquarium makes you feel like you’re under the sea, living out all your The Little Mermaid fantasies. And as you walk through the glowing aquamarine tunnels, you’ll spy thousands of beautiful fish, sharks and other marine wildlife. The aquarium is also home to adorable penguins, which are always fun to snap a picture of. Photo: Provided by Newport Aquarium
Newport Aquarium 1 Levee Way, Newport It’s no wonder Newport Aquarium makes the list: Much of the aquarium makes you feel like you’re under the sea, living out all your The Little Mermaid fantasies. And as you walk through the glowing aquamarine tunnels, you’ll spy thousands of beautiful fish, sharks and other marine wildlife. The aquarium is also home to adorable penguins, which are always fun to snap a picture of. Photo: Casey Roberts
Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Alcove 400-1410 Vine St. in Over-the-Rhine MadTree Brewing has opened a multi-level Over-the-Rhine bar, restaurant and event space called Alcove. MadTree describes Alcove’s main bar and restaurant as containing “a large bar, light-filled lounges, dining areas and an intimate private dining room for small groups.” The space also features a “lush outdoor patio space for lounging and dining.” The food menu is focused on farm-to-table dishes created by chef Stephen Williams of Bouquet Restaurant and Spoon: Kitchen and Market. The drink menu features housemade cocktails — utilizing herbs grown in that aforementioned greenhouse — and MadTree’s own brews will be on tap at the three bars located throughout. From a design standpoint, Alcove is stuffed with live greenery from Urban Blooms in every corner, creating a secret-garden-like feeling with living feature walls. In the event loft on the third floor, there’s even a massive chandelier made of ferns. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Alcove by MadTree Brewing 1410 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine Alcove is stuffed with live greenery from Urban Blooms, creating a secret-garden-like feeling with living feature walls. Designers also focused on integrating the rich history of the building into its design. Old photos and news clippings sit framed along the walls, telling a story of a building that has seen many lives since its construction in 1873. The space also features a “lush outdoor patio space for lounging and dining,” and in the event loft on the third floor, there’s even a massive chandelier made of ferns. Their drink menu also features housemade cocktails utilizing herbs grown in Alcove’s greenhouse bar and MadTree’s own brews. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Alcove by MadTree Brewing 1410 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine Alcove is stuffed with live greenery from Urban Blooms, creating a secret-garden-like feeling with living feature walls. Designers also focused on integrating the rich history of the building into its design. Old photos and news clippings sit framed along the walls, telling a story of a building that has seen many lives since its construction in 1873. The space also features a “lush outdoor patio space for lounging and dining,” and in the event loft on the third floor, there’s even a massive chandelier made of ferns. Their drink menu also features housemade cocktails utilizing herbs grown in Alcove’s greenhouse bar and MadTree’s own brews. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
Alcove by MadTree Brewing 1410 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine Alcove is stuffed with live greenery from Urban Blooms, creating a secret-garden-like feeling with living feature walls. Designers also focused on integrating the rich history of the building into its design. Old photos and news clippings sit framed along the walls, telling a story of a building that has seen many lives since its construction in 1873. The space also features a “lush outdoor patio space for lounging and dining,” and in the event loft on the third floor, there’s even a massive chandelier made of ferns. Their drink menu also features housemade cocktails utilizing herbs grown in Alcove’s greenhouse bar and MadTree’s own brews. Photo: Hailey Bollinger