Try to identify those in your daily experience. Be proactive in seeking out fascinating situations. A person searching for gold is more likely to find it than someone who just happens to be hiking in the mountains. In any encounter, if you anticipate fascination, you're more likely to experience it. We can learn a lot by observing what fascinates others.
People love war stories, thrillers, fame, detectives.
This is not an endorsement, rather just an observation about what has captured the fascination of today's Western world. Now compare this to your own list. A thrilling mystery of life is walking right by you. Don't treat people like objects. If you regard the clerk at the store as a cog whose function is to facilitate a purchase, that won't inspire much interest.