Places Munringus Wants to Go

What was to be the world's most secure Cold War document vault ended up as just a few shallow caves.

The ruins of the "20-year town" lay out among the mountains of Alberta.

Sitting empty in a lonely Canadian field is a century-old stone bunker sometimes called "One Man's Castle."

Kitschy steak joint where customers can cook their own meat over an eternal flame.

A stone troll guards the hike that leads to this waterfall.

An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.

One of the largest collections of carriages, buggies, and wagons in the world.

The museum is home to four times as many lamps as there are people in town.

Alberta's Pipestone Creek Bonebed is one of the densest fossil sites in the world. This nearby museum showcases some of the best finds from its "river of death."

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

An open-air sewer system that was covered piece-by-piece over 300 years.

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

A curated collection of hundreds of taxidermy animals from across British Columbia, Canada, and the rest of the world.

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

The "Seinfeld" diner.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

Tacoma's historic Beaux-Arts train station is now a federal courthouse featuring large-scale glass sculptures by artist Dale Chihuly.

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

A small Oregon museum is filled with a robust history.

Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

This sculpture in Valencia features 22,000 tiny, obsidian blue figures that pay homage to the Lady of Elche.