Places dmianowski Wants to Go

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

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

You can walk up Thailand’s naturally non-slip waterfall.

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

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

Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

Gruesome statues of people reborn in Buddhist hell stand among the ruins of an 11th-century sanctuary.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

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

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

A shrine built to combat the bad karma of a commercial venture.

Grotesque statues of figures from Buddhist hell haunt the temple's Sin Park.

On the small Thai island of Ko Mak, there is a forgotten garden of erotic statuary.

Acres of salt crystal pyramids dry in the sun along Thailand's "salt road."

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

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

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

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.

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

Temple of a million beers.

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

The cursed island of black pebbles.