Places alankuttner Wants to Go

An enormous Buddha peers through a gap in its ruined chamber.

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

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

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

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