Places ambermriley Wants to Go

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

Its tremendous toad is actually a five-story museum and viewing platform.

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

This Bangkok high-rise looks like a rudimentary LEGO elephant.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

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

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

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

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

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

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

Everything in this miniature world was handmade from matches, paperclips, wires, tin cans, and other everyday objects.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

Home to a seasonal waterfall and swimming hole in the Ouachita Mountains.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.