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Unusual Attractions in Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand

Amulet Market

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok Airplane Graveyard

Derelict airplane bodies serve as both home and income for three Thai families.

Bangkok, Thailand

Half-Century-Old Soup

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Bangkok, Thailand

Siriraj Medical Museum

A treasure trove of pathological, forensic, parasitological, and anatomical specimens.

Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok's Ghost Tower: The Sathorn Unique

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.

Bangkok, Thailand

Wat Mahathat (Temple of the Great Relic)

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

Bangkok, Thailand

Papaya Studio

Vintage furniture and art share space with all manner of collectibles at this quirky shop in Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand

Cabbages & Condoms

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

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Cool Places to Eat & Drink in Bangkok

Bangkok, Thailand

Half-Century-Old Soup

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

Bangkok, Thailand

Cabbages & Condoms

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

Bangkok, Thailand

Haoma

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

Bangkok, Thailand

Jok's Kitchen

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

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Stories About Bangkok

A baker at Kanoom Farung Lan Mea Pao picks freshly baked cakes out of the charcoal brazier and moves them to a metal box to cool.

The Bangkok Bakeries Preserving a 250-Year-Old Cupcake Recipe

The treat represents the diverse history of the Kudeejeen neighborhood.

The monks collect alms in Nakhon Pathom province.

Thailand's Bhikkhunis Want Recognition and Respect

In a country with only a few hundred female monks in the Theravada branch of Buddhism, the lifestyle is quietly radical.

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Cars at a standstill in rush hour in Bangkok on May 25, 2020, following the lifting of the city's pandemic restrictions.

Motorcycle Midwives Brave Bangkok's Traffic to Help Expecting Mothers Deliver

The first episode of TED's Far Flung podcast looks at the city's unique challenges.

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