Places TheRosebeetle Wants to Go

This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

It is said that coins washed in the waters here will miraculously multiply.

A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.

Hidden by the roadside in the Iya Valley, this gem brings together folk monsters and the region's unique geography.

A King Kong-like gorilla hangs from the top of this commercial building in Tokyo.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

If Hello Kitty were Mickey Mouse, this would be Disneyland.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

Legend says Dungeons and Dragons players can get their dice blessed at the creator of the game's memorial.

This museum collects over a century of automobile history including the iconic car from The Muppet Movie.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Explore the History & Technology of Electronic Communication

A museum dedicated to the exploring past, present, and future innovations.

20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.