A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.

This floating cinema brings new meaning to the phrase "going out" to the movies.

One of Ayutthaya’s most iconic locations is a mysterious, hauntingly surreal miracle.

This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.

You'll never meet anyone this passionate about elephant droppings.

A phallic shrine to a princess goddess in Krabi, Thailand.

This mountain sunrise is one of the most breathtaking views in Thailand, yet well off the tourist trail.

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

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

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

At the right time of day, sunlight floods through the roof of this cave and illuminates the small pavilion hidden within.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.