Places Cambrae Wants to Go

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

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

Parts of this sprawling temple complex are deteriorating, but its founder’s body remains intact.

Thailand's tribute to the original "Siamese Twins" Chang and Eng, in the town the famous pair was born in.

Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.

Thailand's country villages continue the tradition of gong-making, and invite visitors to watch the process.

An underwater temple submerged for 20 years has resurfaced with an extreme drought.

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

This elegant carving of the Buddha guards a small Buddhist temple within a cave.

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

A meditative walk up 353 stairs leads to a majestic white Buddha overlooking Pai.

A forsaken beachfront condo abandoned after the Boxing Day Tsunami.

A dazzling temple featuring a towering 12-meter golden Buddha.

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.

Temple of a million beers.

Peek into the world of those creating the beautiful, delicate paper parasols found all over the globe.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.

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

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

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