Places MFB Wants to Go

Wheels of chrome by the thousands adorn this California Historical Landmark.

Housed in the university planetarium, the thousand-strong collection of tiny towelettes includes a used one from the hosts of Car Talk.

One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.

The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.

A derelict New Zealand-themed amusement park in Japan.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.

Japan's largest collection of Western-style mansions in the port city of Kobe includes a recreation of Sherlock Holmes' 221B Baker Street quarters.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

Not merely a museum – but a whirring powerhouse that offers a subterranean peek into the heart and soul of cable car operations.

A library and museum dedicated to typography.

A quiet marker in memory of local men and women lost in WWI.

The remains of a 12th-century chapter house in Golden Gate Park.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

San Francisco’s condensed garden of incredible plant growth.

A favorite haunt of dinosaur loving children and hallucinogen loving hippies alike.

A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.

An overlooked and unassuming engineering marvel.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.

A museum befitting the city responsible for supplying the majority of the world's LSD.

This shop and studio is dedicated to the art of the book, from letterpress to bookbinding.

Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.