Places ambermriley Wants to Go

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

The cursed island of black pebbles.

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

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

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

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

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.

Where an entire elephant skeleton, a snakeskin table runner, and thousands of animal remains become art.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

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

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

From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.

A modern temple with an ancient philosophy.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.