Places AdrianB Wants to Go

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

This serene bamboo walkway allows Buddhist monks from remote temples access to the nearby village.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

The bank's whimsical shape was inspired by a child’s toy.

The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.

Self-mummified monk who wears sunglasses and has become a gecko hatchery.

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

The golden Buddha statue at the Wat Muang Monastery is the tallest in Thailand, and the ninth-tallest in the world.

A Buddhist shrine in a cave protected by macaques next to dark passages lined with creepy paintings.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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

Modern design and unusual architecture make this mountaintop temple no ordinary Buddhist retreat.

Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.

An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.

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

According to the local legend, these boys and ducks were turned to stone by an angered water goblin.

An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.

In an area known in Bratislava’s postal history, this sculpture sits equipped with a functional postbox.

No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.