Places MFB Wants to Go

A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.

The painter of "The Scream" is laid to rest under a stoic bust of himself in the humble corner of an Oslo cemetery.

An eclectic collection of artifacts from the Wild West is preserved in a remote fictional pioneer town.

A collection of memorabilia from the Beat era in the back of a San Francisco bookstore.

With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

One time home to turn of the century explosives, now hidden under the Bay Bridge.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.

Odd stone and concrete monuments in the "Poet of the Sierras" eclectic folly garden.

Deco Modern sculptures of the people of the Pacific, cast for the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition.

Masterful ceramic fountain and map of the Pacific Basin.

An enormous artwork that colorfully celebrates over 150 years of US military achievements.

One of the best absinthe distilleries in the United States.

A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.

Spiral labyrinth hidden in the hills above Oakland, CA.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.

With statues of Nelson Mandela and Harvey Milk this monument has been called the Mount Rushmore of California.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.

A thriving surf community exists in relative remoteness along the former boundary between North and South Korea.

The toilet-shaped house of South Korea's sanitation pioneer is now a museum to the john.