Places Munringus Wants to Go

This museum is home to one of the biggest collections of printing press technology—plus a river view.

This permanent exhibition of commercial signs aims to preserve the cultural heritage of the city.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

This historic streetcar system has been running since the 19th-century.

A collection of Inukshuks built and left by several hikers.

A 1940's shrine dedicated to drowned fishermen on the outskirts of Honolulu.

The formidable fowl can be found standing near an isolated hiking path.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

A space-age 1950s pavilion on a secluded path is full of Toronto history surprises.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The boulder is a landmark, public art, and an icon.

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.

At least 14 twice-retired ships were sunk to make a lovely rusting breakwater in Comox Harbour.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.

A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.

As part of an 800-year-old tradition, a man parades through town covered in a suit made out of spiky burrs.

This remote piece of Cape Breton coast was the unceremonious landing site of the first solo, east-west transatlantic flight made by a female aviator.

Rent a barrel for a personal view of where the Baltic Sea meets the Gulf of Riga.

This mosque was based on Sub-Saharan Islamic architecture and created for the Senegalese Tirailleurs.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.