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

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

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

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

Bizarre Hindu and Buddhist sculpture park.

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

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

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

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

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

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

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

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

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

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

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

During the rainy season, this temple is almost entirely submerged, accessible only by boat.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

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

A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.

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

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

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