Meguro Parasitological Museum: A Wonderland of Tapeworms and Malaria www.tofugu.com

As we entered the Tokyo parasite museum, we were immediately struck by how small the room was. Our research told us this building contained 60,000 samples of parasites (not including the ones I smuggled in with my body), representing about 1,500 parasite types. Unfortunately, most of these were kept in the secret upper research floors so we had to be content with the 300 displays in the public area – each featuring scientific-looking bottles brimming with formalin, parasites, and sometimes their hosts.