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Cities of the world and famous Thai monuments in minature.

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

Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.

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

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

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

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

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

A tall karst islet popularized by 007.

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

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

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.

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

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.

This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.

This collection of lakeside pagodas and temples are flanked by giant lions, tigers, and dragons as well as their welcoming maws.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.

Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.