Places aoliviadrury Wants to Go

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.

A former French military respite turned jungle tourism hotspot.

A unique Buddhist temple with strange statues, beehives, and dinosaurs.

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

This elephant kraal is the only one remaining in Thailand, dating back to the 16th century when these massive mammals were integral players in war and trade.

Riding on a pair of architectural dragons, this Thailand temple holds murals full of lurid imagery.

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

Cavemen, elephants, and eagles greet passengers driving through the town's main intersection.

A small museum in the Golden Triangle tells the story of the opium drug trade that gripped Northern Thailand.

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

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

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

Abandoned mini-mansions that were once intended for affluent Bangkok families now sit empty.

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

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

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

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

This museum dedicated to divination also honors a local 10th-century prophetess.

This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

Travel deep inside of Europe's second largest glacier in the world's largest man-made ice cave.